You left out bubble-headed, content, notion, fuzzy, explanations. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 10:15:54 AM Subject: Re: "What is happening during an 'a.e.'?" In a message dated 4/1/10 10:52:33 AM, [email protected] writes: > I'm not sure there is an answer that would satisfy CheerskepB because he > is so insistent on literalism. > What's "literalism"? I want descriptions of the notions behind key words in explanations because I've many times in my life seen not just in others but in myself a bubble-headed acceptance of utterances solely because they are familar sounds. Here are a few of the words I was stupidly content with when I heard them and when I used them -- when all the while my notion behind them was fuzzy to the point of making them nearly useless in doing philosophy. TERMS PHILOSOPHERS USE WITH, APPARENTLY, FUZZY NOTIONS IN MIND. Understand Communicate Thought, Thinking Mean, meaning, bthe meaning ofb Of-ness its Refer to, referring, referent About, aboutness Express, expression Sign Truth, true of Error Fact Idea clear bclear ideab, bperfectly clearb image Relations Property Category Is bAccount forb baccount ofb bmake sense ofb denotes stands for, symbolizes, represents to be bwhat is it to b&b&b say saying/said tell, told bfunction asb rules purpose judgment cognition read Why (as in bThe reason why bKarl Marxb means Karl Marxb&b) Because Cause event Have Possess Own Belong deserve give interpretation intent notion Imaginary things (in philosophy): Meaning Idea Concept Fact Truth Statement Saying Relations Property Having Possessing Belonging Own, owning Mine Giving Denoting Designating Naming Signifying Referring Mentioning Expressing Knowing (and knowledge) Understanding Aboutness Truth Clarity Category Explanation Rule Purpose Intending Being (as an action) Disposition belief Satisfy Value Life Unique Original Important Content Fairness Art Class Taste
