In Defense of Splitting Hairs

By |2017-08-09T22:30:23-05:00August 9th, 2017|Categories: Culture, Language, Philosophy, Relativism|

We need to draw distinctions. The words we use are crucial to this endeavor. They matter. To deny this is to become a deconstructionist, and engage in self-defeating activities like writing lengthy books on how words have no meaning. Splitting hairs seems a far worthier past time… Our modern means of communication favor brevity, be [...]