Re: MD Weasel words

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Fri Feb 13 2004 - 22:35:11 GMT

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    No DMB,

    I said words have no "funamental" meaning (aka semantic).
    I did not say words have "no" meaning, they do have meaning, the meaning the
    current constituency of users agrees upon.
    We can all intentionally weasel in or out a meaning of our choosing, the
    only way top be reasonably certain any two people hold the same meaning in
    mind is if they also trust each others intent in using the word.)

    All people have intent and can be weasels if they choose (even you, and me -
    I was not picking you out for personal abuse), just pointing out a fact.

    Your response again does suggest you believe words have meaning independent
    of people's intent.
    And that is not nonesense, just something you appear to disagree with.

    Ian G

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "David Buchanan" <DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:16 AM
    Subject: RE: MD Weasel words

    > Ian and all:
    >
    > Ian says:
    > Anyway, your preparedness to weasel the semantics out of the distinction
    > kind
    > of proves Rorty's point. Why cling to the vain hope that words have some
    > fundamental semantic distinctions, when you yourself illustrate how easy
    it
    > is to weasel them out.
    >
    > dmb replies:
    > Huh? Some people are weasels, so words have no meaning? What kind of logic
    > is that? I don't mean to be rude, Ian, but that's just nonsense. And who
    > said anything about "fundamental semantic distinction"? Not only am I NOT
    > clinging to any hope about such a thing, I don't even know what that is.
    > Sheesh. I guess there's some kind of virus going around.
    >
    >
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