To each their own :) I don't find the analytic project compelling, generally. Good thing there's lots of room!
> also has a translatable meaning
Yes. My point is that everything is "translatable." There is nothing that cannot be translated.
> There is no such thing as "species" in nature. It's a classification created by people.
Yes, this is a fantastic example, and actually pretty close to my favorite French guy's heart. Maybe you've got some continental in you after all. ;) (I think you're arguing that a continental person would argue that species don't exist, but many at least wouldn't. They would exactly argue that it's a system created by people, that is sometimes useful, and sometimes not.)
I think you might be misunderestimating. The terms are loser leaves the internet. No quarter.
I didn't mean to imply either position by continentals. I don't really know enough about this stuff to have such a specific stereotyping. Also, as an irishman I fart in a specific general direction on anglo-french disputes.
I picked species naively. It's just a good example of "exists yet doesn't." I assumed we can all agree that it exists, yet doesn't. I don't see what the problem is, philosophically. Both the word species and the phenomenon are approximations. That kind of "problem" is abundant. Money is that. Language is that. Etc.
The problem can be approached from a lot of ways philosophically. Geeky, information-centric understandings. Classical, plato-esque idealism. None of these are incompatible and I don't really see what problem we're trying we're trying to solve. Some stuff isn't stuff. When was this not known?
> also has a translatable meaning
Yes. My point is that everything is "translatable." There is nothing that cannot be translated.
> There is no such thing as "species" in nature. It's a classification created by people.
Yes, this is a fantastic example, and actually pretty close to my favorite French guy's heart. Maybe you've got some continental in you after all. ;) (I think you're arguing that a continental person would argue that species don't exist, but many at least wouldn't. They would exactly argue that it's a system created by people, that is sometimes useful, and sometimes not.)