Semantic Shift Day – August 31st

Semantic Shift DayThat’s right, I’m creating a much needed holiday. Today, August 31st, is officially “Semantic Shift Day“!

YAAAYE!! WOOOHOOO!!! HAPPY SEMANTIC SHIFT DAY EVERYONE!!!!

It’s the day where we change the definitions of words around for everything that doesn’t exist so that we can officially, only for oneday a year, say it does exist!

So for example, on Semantic Shift Day we would define “free will” the same way thatcertain philosophical compatibilists,such as Daniel Dennett, do. We cansimplysay tha...

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Published on August 30, 2015 23:30
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