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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:02:22 EST
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- From: Avery Andrews <andaling@FAC.ANU.EDU.AU>
- Subject: Re: meaning, reality
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- [Avery Andrews 921113.957]
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- (Bill Powers (921112.0900))
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- >I think that linguists will ultimately be the people who tell
- >us just how they are involved. But linguists, too, will have to
- >distinguish the word or description from the "object" it means before
- >this can come about.
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- They already do, as do all philosophers, e.g. Barwise and Perry in their
- `situation semantics'. I just don't see what problem you're getting at here.
- I would say that objective reality should be accepted because it's
- the best explanation of the experiences that support congruence. E.g.
- if you tell me that if I follow a certain route I'll find something
- at the end, & I follow the route and find what you told me I'd find.
- There are various other possible theories, such as that I am a brain
- in a vat being fed sense data by a vast computer, but by normal
- scientific standards, these are obviously hopeless.
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- Avery.Andrews@anu.edu.au
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