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Article #253Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on symbolic representation
From: Greg Lee
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:09
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:09
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SWANN Philip (swann@divsun.unige.ch) wrote: :... : Perhaps you can explain why such a bizarre thing as a theory of meaning should : exist? People can recognize paraphrases, and we'd like to have a theory to describe that ability. Paraphrases are expressions that mean the same thing, so there must be a thing that they mean, and once we've found it, we'll know why they are paraphrases. : What would it look like? What would it be used for? It would be a relation between language expressions and meaning-things, such that paraphrases have the same meanings. An important application would be in the philosophy of language, where we need many different ways to state each obvious fact. : What would it mean? (could it mean anything?) I'll have to think about that. : Philip Swann -- Greg Lee <lee@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
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Newsgroups: sci.cognitive,sci.philosophy.tech,sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!news.hawaii.edu!lee From: lee@Hawaii.Edu (Greg Lee) Subject: Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on symbolic representation Message-ID: <1992Nov13.100925.2924@news.Hawaii.Edu> Sender: root@news.Hawaii.Edu (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] References: <1992Nov11.153723.16796@news.unige.ch> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:09:25 GMT Lines: 25