More fun with linguistics!
I've been mentally and physically unavailable for awhile, but now that I'm catching up on all of my reading for today in the few hours before I have class, once again Lycan's wit and insight into the debates of linguistic theory got me to laugh out loud.
p. 30:
"Suppose I have formed the insane belief that Keith Donnellan is the illegitimate son of Santa Claus and Margaret Thatcher. Using the description referentially, I say 'Mrs Thatcher's Christmas bastard wrote a classic article on descriptions.' If you know enough about my weird beliefs, you will pick out the right individual and understand what I meant."
Loves it. I put myself on a strict schedule to make sure all of my readings get done for this morning, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave you with that, although I have a whole lot of junk floating in my head. I feel pretty at peace about everything, even though some people view it from the outside as my world is falling apart. I'm glad that I don't need to be consoled anymore, and my soul is still in a pretty calm, summer state.
p. 30:
"Suppose I have formed the insane belief that Keith Donnellan is the illegitimate son of Santa Claus and Margaret Thatcher. Using the description referentially, I say 'Mrs Thatcher's Christmas bastard wrote a classic article on descriptions.' If you know enough about my weird beliefs, you will pick out the right individual and understand what I meant."
Loves it. I put myself on a strict schedule to make sure all of my readings get done for this morning, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave you with that, although I have a whole lot of junk floating in my head. I feel pretty at peace about everything, even though some people view it from the outside as my world is falling apart. I'm glad that I don't need to be consoled anymore, and my soul is still in a pretty calm, summer state.