Does that change what it actually is?
2007-05-19 07:26:47 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I once had a '58 Buick Roadmaster that was a real boat.
2007-05-19 07:29:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I used to drive a 78 Olds Cutlas. Now *that* was a boat and I had all my friends calling it "The Boat". We used to make jokes that I could take myself and a family of 12 fishing - comfortably. Does that count? Even though everyone was convinced it was a boat, I'm sure it would have sank. LOL!
2007-05-19 07:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't change the actual object. It only changes the name of the object. If we all started calling cars "boats" then they'd be "boats" but it wouldn't change the form or function of the things.
2007-05-19 07:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No problem, you can successfully convince all your neighbors but what matters is that if you can convince the river also when you want to cross the river. What is dangerous is that you yourself get convinced that it is a boat and try to cross the river, sailing in it, even when there is a bridge in sight.
2007-05-19 07:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by guru 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
--William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Car” and “Boat” are merely words, ones we use commonly to define modes of transportation. By defining a vehicle you have as one or the other, you do not alter its function, no matter what you or your neighbors believe. (In fact, to run your water vessel aground, or to drive your land vehicle into a lake would likely break it.) The function remains the same, yet it is the name that has changed.
2007-05-19 08:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by Keder Nobia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you convince "everyone" that it is a boat, then yes it is a boat. Language only works as it is used. We call these "institutional facts." They are dependent on social constructs and language is one of them. It doesn't change the physical structure of the object, but how we refer to it.
2007-05-19 07:30:59 · answer #6 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The car is a boat.
2007-05-19 07:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 14:12:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um... i would say no. Thought you may call it a boat, you my want it to be a boat other people may think it is a boat, ut what happens when you take it into the water? so yeah it is not a boat.
2007-05-19 07:31:16 · answer #9 · answered by danthedunn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's still a boat no matter what you convince people to think that it is.
A rose by any other name...
2007-05-19 07:44:37 · answer #10 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋