Hi Matt ever had an idea you can't express easily and you search to finds the words? may work other way round too, a sometimes useful but not always required distinction maybe?
DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Kundert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [MD] What is 'Plains-spoken' to you? > > Matt said: > What is an idea if not words? I think the idea that ideas are > pre-linguistic is a remnant of SOM. > > Krimel said: > What are words if not symbols for ideas? I am not at all sure how the > notion of pre-linguistic or even a-linguistic ideation is a remnant of > SOM. > > Matt: > Well, first think of it this way: I say ideas are words, you say there are > ideas _and_ words. In terms of ontology, you have two categories to my > one and by Ockham's Razor, choosing the simplest explanation, my single > category would win out. > > That's, naturally, the beginning of a conversation as I'm trying to thrust > the burden of proof on you. Why do we _need_ the idea of an "idea" that's > distinct from words? > _________________________________________________________________ > Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008 > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
