List, Edwinia: > On Jan 30, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > JC: In response to your question, one uses the word in a context appropriate. > Thats how new words entry into the evolution of language. > > EDWINA:
> To declare that 'one uses the word in a context appropriate' doesn't deal > with the problem of: "if very few understand your words' - then, the > communication is empty of meaning'. The key concerns are: 'very few'. > Certainly, one can use an obscure term, whose usage is confined to a select > few of initiates into that context' - but- this isolation of Peircean theory > to a select few is exactly what we have been discussing. >> If an author wants to communicate an idea to the reader, then it is the author’s responsibility to use the words in such a way that the meaning is clear. If an author wants to use a specific word to communicate a specific meaning unfamiliar to the expected readership, then it is the author’s responsibility to use the language in such a way that the reader can interpret the specific word such that the distinction is clear to the reader. Lazy authors do not bother themselves with such time-consuming tasks. They just wander along, on and on and on. I admit I am often a lazy author, especially to list serves. As for CSP, he assignment to the philosophical dustbin is largely due to his writing styles. His emergent genesis is buried in his styles. His failure to place his numerous new words and concepts in an appropriate context bores most philosopher to death as readers of his “gibberish”. T’is a pity. But it is what it is. Sorry if this message reads like it is addressed to high schoolers. Is it possible that the highly sophisticated readers of this list serve do not wish to deal with simpler logic? Cheers Jerry
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