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prove to me that water is wet

>> No.10835885

Def.: Object X is wet when X contains water.
Water contains itself.
Water is wet.

>> No.10835887
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10835887

>>10835878
>prove

>> No.10835897

>begging the question

>> No.10835907

>>10835885
>water contains itself
Like the container is made of ice or..? Because thats fucking stupid

>> No.10835914

>>10835887
so water isn't wet?

>> No.10836091

>>10835878
Wetness is a necessary property of anything with the property of liquidity.
Liquid water exists.
Liquid water has the property of liquidity.
Hence, liquid water also has the property of wetness.

[stronger: Water is NECESSARILY wet]

>> No.10836113

>>10835878
how about: we use the word wet to describe something with high water content.

water has the highest "wet-ness" that we know of so water is wet.

>> No.10836410

>>10835907
The question is stupid.

>> No.10836422

Wetness is the feeling we get when we get in contact with water. Is water wet? Or do we feel wet from touching water? Could water be wet without any interactions? Ofcourse not. This is the same dumb shit as "If a tree falls and there are no observer, did the tree make a sound?" These relational situation requires relations. You can't have a hot fire, or wet water or delicious apple unless we have someone interacting with those fire, water and apple. On its own, no qualities can be attributed to anything. They must always have a relational aspect for a proper answer.

>> No.10836441

>>10835878
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetting

>> No.10836561

>>10836410
why

>> No.10836569

>>10836091
>Wetness is a necessary property of anything with the property of liquidity.
how do you know this?

>> No.10836575

>>10836113
>how about: we use the word wet to describe something with high water content.
you're basically just saying it's wet because we have defined it as such ie a tautology

>> No.10838230

>>10835878
Water isn't wet.
Other things get wet when they absorb water.

Now the real question. When you jump into water, do you get wet or does the water get (you)?

>> No.10838254

>>10836410
correct answer

>> No.10838267

>>10838230
Both