On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 11:14 PM James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote:
> To the extent that grammar entails meaning, it can be considered a way of > defining equivalence classes of sentence meanings. In this sense, the > choice of which sentence is to convey the intended meaning from its > equivalence class is a "special rule" for that particular sentence. Is > that what you're getting at? > Possibly. There are lots of "special rules" in language for sure: "ham and eggs", not "eggs and ham", that kind of thing, or "strong tea" not "powerful tea" etc. It's a randomness. And looked at on the flipside, I suggest possibly the kind of "sensitivity to initial conditions" which is such a powerful well of structure for chaotic systems. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T5d6fde768988cb74-M83d1d7bb79bea941bf536868 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
