Arguing about which words to use means disagreeing about which policies of word use are good and bad. That is a disagreement about what we should do and what will have good consequences. That is a real disagreement, even if you don’t want to call it a disagreement about facts. And if you ask people about why they think their policy will have good consequences, they will usually explain that they also disagree about various facts.
Arguing about which words to use means disagreeing about which policies of word use are good and bad. That is a disagreement about what we should do and what will have good consequences. That is a real disagreement, even if you don’t want to call it a disagreement about facts. And if you ask people about why they think their policy will have good consequences, they will usually explain that they also disagree about various facts.