DrKrettin Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 I have been wondering about this statement ever since I heard it from a not very bright character on in a hilarious TV series. Can you say this statement is true? If it is true, does that not imply that other plants actually do have brains? Or is there a category of statements which are neither true nor false? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) I have been wondering about this statement ever since I heard it from a not very bright character on in a hilarious TV series. Can you say this statement is true? If it is true, does that not imply that other plants actually do have brains? Or is there a category of statements which are neither true nor false? I think it will come down to how "some" is construed. If it is taken in the mathematical sense of a subset of a larger category, then it would be a true statement. I imagine Lewis Carroll would see it in this way. But if it is taken, as I think it often is in normal speech, as implying a subset with a characteristic different from the other members of the larger category, then it would be false. Wonderful thing, language. Edited April 6, 2017 by exchemist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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