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3 years ago
Martin Stower
cladking Wrote:
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> > > > Sorry for being on
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3 years ago
Martin Stower
cladking Wrote:
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> > North American is another language. I had to look
> > up “conniption”:
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> Oh!!! You use the dictionary only when you don't
> know any definitions at all!
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> I guess that's still better t
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4 years ago
Martin Stower
cladking Wrote:
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> This can't happen without definitions or with semantics.
Quod erat demonstrandum, demonstratum est.
M.
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4 years ago
Martin Stower
cladking Wrote:
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> > > > No, I’ve come
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4 years ago
Martin Stower
cladking Wrote:
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> > No, I’ve come upon the fatal weakness of your
> > claim that definitions “are the starting point
> > of communication”. The objection (which is
> > strictly a logical one) applies irrespective of
> &g
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4 years ago
Martin Stower
cladking Wrote:
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> > Out of this muddle, I pick this one statement:
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> > > Definitions are the starting point of communication.
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4 years ago
Martin Stower
Out of this muddle, I pick this one statement:
cladking Wrote:
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> Definitions are the starting point of communication.
How do we communicate these definitions?
If the terms in the definiens themselves need defining, how do we ever get started?
Simple logical point.
M.
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4 years ago
Martin Stower
Let’s try seeing the sequence:
cladking Wrote:
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