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Matt Weiner
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Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
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almost certainly false (it's in a thread about mathematical urban legends) but too good not to repeat (I have a tab open about alternative vs. polar questions right now)

When the logician Carnap was immigrating to the US, he had the usual consular interview, where one of the questions was (and still is, I think): "Would you favor the overthrow of the US government by violence, or force of arms?". He thought for a while, and responded: "I would have to say force of arms..."
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Questions (as semantic/pragmatic objects) are, imho, the coolest semantic/pragmatic objects ever

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Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
1.1k followers565 following8.1k posts
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