
Ep 165: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 5
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The Problem of Definitions in Philosophy
essentialism is mistaken in suggesting that definitions can add to our knowledge of facts. Popper says any attempt to reduce this stuff to trying to understand language is misconceived. We're going to point our telescopes at the sky and see things we can't explain merely coming up with a new word and defining the word isn't telling us what, he argues.
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