- From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 22:20:32 -0400
- To: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Cc: Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>, AWWSW TF <public-awwsw@w3.org>
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote: >> I can >> talk about a thing without knowing eactly which thing I'm talking >> about > > Thats a different point. > (1) I can refer to X without knowing all about X > (2) I can refer to X without knowing if I'm referring to X > > 1 is much more plausible than 2. The obvious case is that I receive a message: X is a man, all men are mortal And I respond: X is mortal. I seem to have successfully communicated without knowing what I'm referring to. -Alan
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