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Article #261Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym
From: Greg Lee
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:57
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:57
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Michael Zeleny (zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu) wrote: : In article <28179@castle.ed.ac.uk> : cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes: : : >In article <1992Nov13.100925.2924@news.Hawaii.Edu> : >lee@Hawaii.Edu (Greg Lee) writes: : : GL: : >>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. : : CM: : >Reification rides again! Why must there be such a thing? Why could not : >paraphrases be identifiable simply by a certain kind of transformation : >capable of turning one into another? : : This is a bogus objection, Chris. ... I didn't see Chris's followup, so I'm taking this opportunity to agree with him. I was just kidding. "Mean the same thing" is just a manner of speaking, perhaps reflecting some folk theory which, however, we're under no obligation to accept.
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Newsgroups: sci.cognitive,sci.philosophy.tech,sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ames!news.hawaii.edu!lee From: lee@Hawaii.Edu (Greg Lee) Subject: Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym Message-ID: <1992Nov16.125741.22619@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: <1992Nov15.172021.17474@husc3.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:57:41 GMT Lines: 24