Cold, Aliens, and the Grammar That Thinks It Knows Too Much

Philosophics — Philosophical and Political Ramblings · Dec 18, 2025 · 13m

The source, an excerpt from a philosophical blog post titled "Cold, Aliens, and the Grammar That Thinks It Knows Too Much," presents a socio-political and philosophical musing that critically examines the relationship between language, grammar, and metaphysical assumptions. The author, Bry Willis, shares a discussion that began elsewhere regarding whether one "is" cold, "has" cold, or merely "senses" it, using this linguistic variation (comparing être, avoir, and sentir) to argue that grammatical structures can deceptively imply underlying ontologies or essences, which the text refers to as a…