Timeline for How does one tell apart left from right?
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| Aug 5, 2021 at 11:38 | comment | added | TKoL | I think this question is being misunderstood and unfairly dismissed by some of these commenters. I specifically remember when I was a young child that, when I wasn't looking at a paper with words and letters on it, I found it very difficult to remember which way was left. Words obviously orient you with left/right very easily, but when I had no clear indication, I genuinely struggled. It's second nature now, but it took me a while to get the hang of it. I actually think this is a good question. | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 17:23 | comment | added | k.stm | Sorry, my bad. I actually wanted to vote this up, but then I got confused about up/down and voted down instead. I think. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 8:31 | answer | added | user17281 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 21, 2016 at 2:45 | answer | added | Rodrigo | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 22:55 | answer | added | golopot | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 8, 2013 at 21:26 | answer | added | Mozibur Ullah | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 8, 2013 at 23:12 | comment | added | user3838 | Left and right are names which we give to each half of our field of vision. Names have nothing to do with mathematics. | |
| Jul 16, 2011 at 0:32 | answer | added | RRR | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 15, 2011 at 23:09 | answer | added | Florin Andrei | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 15, 2011 at 20:21 | answer | added | Mitch | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 15, 2011 at 19:43 | vote | accept | Mitch | ||
| Jun 30, 2011 at 20:21 | comment | added | Mitch | @JoeHobbit:Good point, there's verticality and then there's top/bottom (absolute vertical position), and there's also up/down (vertical direction from here). As in my comment to JDH, it's one thing to know that a is the opposite of b, but something additional to know which one is the positive one. I'm interested in both these questions, but mostly the latter. I don't know how to tell of "L" and its mirror which is the correct one (I obviously know it, I just don't know -how- I know it, how I could know it). | |
| Jun 30, 2011 at 16:53 | comment | added | Dale | I was trying to get at the idea of arbitrary convention: Why did we not apply the word "up" to mean what "down" currently means - and vice versa? | |
| Jun 30, 2011 at 16:50 | comment | added | Mitch | Re: the downvote, how can I make this question better? | |
| Jun 30, 2011 at 12:32 | comment | added | Mitch | @JoeHobbit: for up/down, I feel there are simple to explain sensory devices that help distinguish them (feeling of weight, ease in movement). For left/right, I can't think of anything like that. Therefore the question. | |
| Jun 30, 2011 at 11:24 | answer | added | Tom Boardman | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 30, 2011 at 7:58 | comment | added | Dale | How does one tell up from down? | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 20:32 | comment | added | Lennart Regebro | These are two completely different questions. Abut your hand: You look at your hand, and you learn that the right one has the thumb one way, and the left one has it the other way. It's that simple, really. The other questions are much more complex and more mathematical than philosophical. | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 17:53 | history | edited | Mitch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
more explanation
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| Jun 29, 2011 at 17:32 | history | edited | Mitch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added intro example
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| Jun 29, 2011 at 16:45 | answer | added | JDH | timeline score: 20 | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 16:44 | answer | added | Chad | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 16:24 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhilosophy/status/86107756532211713 | ||
| Jun 29, 2011 at 16:12 | answer | added | davidlowryduda | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 14:16 | answer | added | smartcaveman | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 14:02 | history | asked | Mitch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |