Quoting Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > [Platt] > > If you meant "semiotic" why didn't you say so? Numbers aren't words. > > > > [Arlo] > > Sure they are. Tell me a number that is not a word.... > > > > I mentioned semiosis because you apparently think that writing it > "2+2=4" > > (mathematical notation) is somehow different from the words this > sentence > > conveys (namely "two plus two equals four"). > > > > I mean, when you read this "2+2=4" in your head, don't you say the > "words"? > Platt: > Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. But I'll bet their are plenty of > mathematicians > who don't verbalize their equations. I agree with what Ham said about > having > non-verbal concepts. > > Ron: > Sure there are non-verbal concepts, art, music, what I am stressing and > I believe Arlo too, is that intellectual concepts align with semiotic > rules > Of comprehension. So that when we intellectualize about the origins of > Objects we are really questioning how we term and understand experience > Linguistically.
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