From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Nov 15 2003 - 17:50:59 GMT
> Platt said:
> One way to assure mutual understanding is to use words as commonly
> defined instead of insisting on your own definitions.
> Matt:
> Yeah, but none of the most creative and famous philosophers used words
> as commonly defined.
Matt explains the purpose for his practice of inventing meanings of
words -- he wants to emulate the most creative and famous philosophers.
Seems to me his inventions are more like emulating Humpty Dumpty who
exclaimed to Alice, "When I use a word it means just what I choose it
to mean, neither more or less."
Platt
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