[MD] Truth and the Linguistic Turn

[Marsha]

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From: "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com>
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Subject: Re: [MD] Truth and the Linguistic Turn
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> [Krimel]
> Once more into the breach... The idea of a net or a web approaches a
> constructive analogy but misses the point if only slightly. The problem 
> with
> the analogy is that it implies an equal connection between all of the 
> nodes.
> With language especially this misses an important point which is that all 
> of
> the connections are not equal. There is a very strong connection between
> "apples" and "red" or in another context between "apples" and "oranges" 
> but
> a very weak connection between "apples" and "sea urchins".
>
> Language and thoughts comprises a complex network of association more like 
> a
> tree or a river system or a highway system, or a nervous system or lungs. 
> It
> is a universal geometrical structure that is self similar across scale and
> appears to us in two, three and four dimensions. But then I have mentioned
> this many many times and will once again suggest that it is critical to a
> useful understanding of the MoQ.


Greetings Krimel,

You've mentioned this tree/root structure before.  It makes some sense, but 
I still don't like it.  It seems to be ignoring too much of the process. It 
doesn't begin with roots and end with leaves.

Marsha