Yes, words are not universal, but natural. Learning process is natural. Boris Shoshensky
---------- Original Message ---------- From: ARMANDO BAEZA <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Invalidity of Cheerskep's Argument Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:55:14 -0700 (PDT) Not so. Boris, To view one of your painting, i don't have to understand Russian or or any foreign language to me, because it is a universal image, but words are not universal. They have to be learned. mando From: Boris Shoshensky <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 8:18:21 AM Subject: Re: Invalidity of Cheerskep's Argument To call words and human activities unnatural is a philosophical mistake. Boris Shoshensky ---------- Original Message ---------- From: ARMANDO BAEZA <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Invalidity of Cheerskep's Argument Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:59:52 -0700 (PDT) What can be sensed naturally, does not include words. Words are man made. once learned, they remain more relatively abstract in meaning than natural objects. ab ________________________________ From: William Conger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 5:09:21 PM Subject: Re: Invalidity of Cheerskep's Argument Humming is metaphorical because it stands for a bodily state. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 7:03:21 PM Subject: Re: Invalidity of Cheerskep's Argument In a message dated 7/15/10 6:32:16 PM, [email protected] writes: > On 7/15/10 5:33 PM, "William Conger" <[email protected]> wrote: > > All symbolic communication is metaphorical. > wc > You could hum a few bars... Kate Sullivan
