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From: newhov
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 00:00

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Appears to depend on one's definition of language.
Newhov
In article <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810181416060.8322-100000@hadar.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>,
  Christian Piccardi <piccardi@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 newhov@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> > > >"Is mathematics a language?"
> >
> >      Yes. (Because it affects the behavior of others.)
> >
> NO. Concepts of mathematics are transported to others by using
> language, but are not a language themselves.
> If so every branch of science would have to be considered
> a language and in physics for example every natural law would,
> following your interpretation, be a subset of a language.
>
> Christian
>
>

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Subject: Re: What is language? A summary ...
Date: 1998/10/20
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