I take your points. But they are theoretical, academic points. They are no less true for that, of course, but they are less than useful or practical. It seems to me that either you must accept the practical compromises we make with language, as we have nothing better, or you must stick to your principles, and cease posting, or indulging in any non-trivial communication with other humans.stevie wrote: ↑June 24th, 2022, 3:04 pm I have no difficulties with "common sense" since "I am inclined to skip even that" term. "Being inclined" to skip "common sense" due to the meaning of "common sense" being non-evident should be understood actually that I skip it here in this thread but I would not necessarily refrain from using it in everyday life if someone else makes use of this term.
But referring to your response the basic issue seems to be that you have issues with me saying "it isn't evident what "common sense" means". But this can be resolved easily if you can present a definition of "common sense" that obviously will be agreed to by every individual that uses, has used or will use the term "common sense".
Yes, language is an imperfect communications tool. It is IMO impossible to remedy the problem(s) you refer to. Most words have several meanings in the dictionary; ambiguity is intrinsic to, and embedded in, our language, in that sense. For most meaningful concepts, there are no words or phrases that define and describe them completely and accurately. And yet, we manage with what we have, even though there are misunderstandings everywhere.
So will you accept the 'universal' compromise of using our imprecise language, or...?