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From: Richard M. Romanowski
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:50
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:50
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christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) writes: >>>LOGIC tells you this?!?!? Astounding! I'd love to see that logic. I've >>>always thought this was contingent; true, but contingent. The things >>>you learn on the net... Well, if we could rigorously define all the things that we consider logical, Bertrand Russell would have nothing on us. >> >>Some people are vitalists; some are physicalists; a few gentle souls >>are semanticalists. Michael is a logicist, -- theirs is an ancient >>and venerable breed, and I fail to see any egregious fault with the >>views they espouse. Read more Spinoza, Chris. >> >The issue to which I was alluding was not whether natural language could >ultimately be reduced to *some* logic. In fact I hope it can because, under >at least one interpretation ofthe problem, the question amounts to whether >there can be a theory of language at all. I think that LOGIC will be reduced to a natural language. But what do I know? Luck Rick
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!olivea!sgigate!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!rmr From: rmr@acsu.buffalo.edu (Richard M. Romanowski) Newsgroups: sci.cognitive,sci.philosophy.tech,sci.lang,sci.philosophy.meta Subject: Re: Commitment to logic; was ... Message-ID: <Bxxx4o.Hqq@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 19 Nov 92 01:50:47 GMT References: <1992Nov17.175227.20588@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Nov17.214321.18500@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Nov18.042158.17562@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Nov18.170839.29220@psych.toronto.edu> Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu