> > From: John Williams <prefect@tricon.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, July 01, 1997 3:52 AM
> >
> > I think I can see your point there, if by "factual" statements you
> mean
> > statements that are presented as fact -- not as opinion -- and *not*
>
> > statements that *are* factual, as in 2+2=4, Joe came in first, the
> price
> > of tea in china is...
>
> I mean statements that may or may not be true like "Santa Claus lives
> at the north pole" or "Marilyn Monroe was murdered". It is not at all
> clear that value judgements like "NIN rules"
"NIN rules" may function like a bird call that invites other'birds of a
feather' and wards off dis-similar species.
> and normative statements
> like "the government should be abolished"
I don't understand how this is a 'normative' statement. It does not
seemto be making a statement about what is normal.
> can be true in the same sense
> that factual statements about the world can be true.
> --
> David McFadzean david@lucifer.com
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mike