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Article #251Re: Theories of meaning
From: james peterson
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:16
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:16
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In article <1992Nov11.232151.17295@midway.uchicago.edu> gal2@midway.uchicago.edu writes: > >This is speculation, but I think that pragmatic theory is so fuzzy and >hand-wavy in comparison simply because (so far (as I know)) we have >not even managed to analyze situations / contexts into neat isolated >atomic concepts that we can name with symbols. I believe the same is >true to a lesser extent for semantic theory. > It seems to me a suspicious, if not fallacious, assumption that context can be reduced to context-free elements. I don't see this kind of "analysis" going anywhere. Just a thought...... -- james lee peterson peterson@CS.ColoState.edu dept. of computer science colorado state university "Some ignorance is invincible." ft. collins, colorado (voice:303/491-7137; fax:303/491-6639)
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