Single Idea 14999

[catalogued under 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use]

Full Idea

It is absurd to say that 'before we introduced our conventions, not all green things were green'.

Gist of Idea

Prior to conventions, not all green things were green?

Source

Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 06.5)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.102


A Reaction

Well… Different cultures label the colours of the rainbow differently, and many of them omit orange. I suspect the blue/green borderline has shifted.