Re: Folk Theories of Meaning (was re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym)

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From: Christopher Green
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:24

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In article <1992Nov17.131357.12605@news.Hawaii.Edu> lee@Hawaii.Edu (Greg Lee) writes:
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>I think logic is wonderful.  Not all logic is semantic -- logic may be
>done syntactically.  Having shown that two sentences imply each other
>in some logical syntax, what is gained except confusion by proceeding
>to associate some esoteric meaning-thing with them both?
>
A theory of language...? Sorry, just a thought. I guess notions such as
language are passe out in the Pacific.

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Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1

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Subject: Re: Folk Theories of Meaning (was re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym)
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