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908236518-Dec-13 6:12
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But trees don't exist and 'tree' is indeed a label we've conjured up not to describe the commonality of certain plant species but to generalise sufficiently to deal with the fact that there is very little commonality in reality but life is way too short to demand strict accuracy in language. I'm surprised that you find anything to the contrary in Wittgenstein (although I appreciate that interpreting Wittgenstein depends very much on what mood he was in at the time of writing!)

And where do I reject symbolic systems and naming? I simply accept Kant's logic that we never do and never can know what is really there. In other words the fact that you can name something or fit it perfectly into a logical system does not make it an ontological necessity. The ability to speak of 'number' or 'trees' and use those concepts in the most complicated yet logical manner does not mean that number or tree actually exist. Even the most rigorous of ontological 'proofs' will always fall prey to the fact that they are a product of the logical system in which they operate and therefore require an unjustifiable acceptance of that system.

Of course, for the conduct of everyday life I bandy terms like tree and 34 about without the slightest embarrassment. It keeps one out of mental health institutions for starters! But that doesn't require commitment to the notion that they connotate anything real. If Hume could play billiards and at the same time believe that there was no such thing as cause and effect a little duality of thinking can't do any harm!
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