Originally posted by dottewellYeah, we have a real cohen of philosophers here at RHP.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/lexicon/#A
The "ryle" entry always made me laugh, as did "rush rhees" and "kripke".
This made me laugh:
ludwig, n. A small beetle that looks exactly like an earwig, but is invisible.
Good thing he's dead, else he may go for the poker!
Originally posted by dottewellpeter song, n. Related to the patter song (e.g., 'Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.'😉 a popular ditty exhorting one to love all creatures great and small, except those born deformed. Hence peter singer, n. a singer of peter songs.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/lexicon/#A
The "ryle" entry always made me laugh, as did "rush rhees" and "kripke".
a rortiori, adj. For even more obscure and fashionable Continental reasons.
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