Okay, I'll admit to an improper or at least unorthodox and thereby communicationally ineffective use of 'monism' and 'weapons of mass destruction.' But so is your use of the word 'fuckgrumplestump.'
Re: the uncritical acceptance of certain archeological facts, I only said that this type of acceptance is analogous to faith, not identical.
I did not say we didn't have the "Two Dogmas" discussion; I just lack the recollectivity necessary to bring it to mind.
To what words is chair related by which it gets its meaning? What is this "meaning-getting" relationship, anyway? Could you be more precise?
The severally necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for a chair are: (1) its being a piece of furniture and (2) its consisting of (a) a seat, (b) legs, and (c) back, as well as, optionally (but not necessarily) (d) arms. But where did you read me saying that it's "easy" to give these conditions for "any" word?
Anyway, I'm not as ignorant of the "intellectual landscape at large" as you might think. Feel free to throw some test-questions out if you wish to try me. I'm not a genius, but I think I rank a little higher than a middle-weight.
Re: the uncritical acceptance of certain archeological facts, I only said that this type of acceptance is analogous to faith, not identical.
I did not say we didn't have the "Two Dogmas" discussion; I just lack the recollectivity necessary to bring it to mind.
To what words is chair related by which it gets its meaning? What is this "meaning-getting" relationship, anyway? Could you be more precise?
The severally necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for a chair are: (1) its being a piece of furniture and (2) its consisting of (a) a seat, (b) legs, and (c) back, as well as, optionally (but not necessarily) (d) arms. But where did you read me saying that it's "easy" to give these conditions for "any" word?
Anyway, I'm not as ignorant of the "intellectual landscape at large" as you might think. Feel free to throw some test-questions out if you wish to try me. I'm not a genius, but I think I rank a little higher than a middle-weight.
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