When someone says "It's just semantics" is the moment I disengage from the conversation.
They just revealed their stupidity, are ignorant of what 'semantics' means, and they wish to dismiss your argument.
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The last time someone said this to me I said "You must be a fan of Wittgenstein" and she didn't know what I was talking about.
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you are both being too harsh. (1). there is a point to saying 'your disagreement boils down to semantics' -- when it is meant that words in an argument are being used equivocally.
you are both being too harsh. (1). there is a point to saying 'your disagreement boils down to semantics' -- when it is meant that words in an argument are being used equivocally.
example: ALICE: "this is not art, it's ugly". BOB: "it may be ugly, but it's still art". COOL_DADDY: "ALICE, BOB, you do not even mean the same thing by 'art' at all. your discussion is futile unless you come to terms with this semantic fact."
(2). wittgenstein identified some very general conditions for there to be meaningful discourse. exceedingly interesting stuff.