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- Subject: Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.112227.17633@husc3.harvard.edu>
- From: zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny)
- Date: 20 Nov 92 11:22:26 EST
- References: <1992Nov18.132612.8892@news.unige.ch> <1992Nov18.134406.17573@husc3.harvard.edu> <RJC.92Nov19173454@daiches.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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- In article <RJC.92Nov19173454@daiches.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Caley) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov18.134406.17573@husc3.harvard.edu>,
- >Michael Zeleny writes:
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- MZ:
- >>You are not even close. The point is that a *correct* and
- >>*comprehensive* normative description will _ipso facto_ have full
- >>descriptive adequacy.
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- RC:
- >And a contradiction implies anything, and if you hypothesise a
- >completely implausible object you can ascribe whatever properties you
- >like to it.
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- When Russell saw a contradiction in Frege's logicist program, he
- produced a proof, instead of blowing hot air. If your objections to
- Montague's research program has any more weight than your subjective
- judgment of implausibility, I would like to hear about it; otherwise
- don't expect me to continue this exercise in futility by responding to
- your inane and vacuous taunts.
-
- MZ:
- >>Ah, "philosophy at Harvard"... thank you for answering my query about
- >>the state of scholarship at the University of Geneva [etc.]
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- RC:
- >Ad hominem as `rationalism'. Hm, what a novel idea. Can we have
- >sticking your tongue out at people as nominalism next. :-)
-
- Richard, we have been at it long enough for you to overcome your
- learning disability and realize that I only resort to _ad hominem_
- remarks to reciprocate in kind. By the way, I am still waiting for
- you to come up with those artillery batteries you offered me over a
- year ago.
-
- >--
- >rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk _O_
- > |<
-
- cordially,
- mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
- "Le cul des femmes est monotone comme l'esprit des hommes."
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