... their being postulated, and thereby being linguistic constructs; they differ in the experiential...is merely reinforcing or heeding a linguistic convention. Instead, he believes he is...then disparaging the cognitive uses as "linguistic conventions," presumably because the cognitive ... of 'things' as matters of linguistic convention. Well, we certainly agree ... some externals as "matters of linguistic convention" still fails to mark ...

... exists would be a matter of "linguistic convention," the qualifer seems superfluous. ...All qualifiers are a matter of linguistic convention. As are all propositions. ...to be more than just a linguistic convention. Everyone takes existence to be...is merely reinforcing or heeding a linguistic convention. Instead, he believes he is...then disparaging the cognitive uses as "linguistic conventions," presumably because the cognitive uses...

good@rock.com wrote: Clothing optional beaches <snip> Are rather off-topic for the ngs to which you posted... -- Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423 EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion ------------------------------------------------------------ "You know, I'd get it if people were just looking for a way to fill the holes. But they want the holes. They wanna live in the holes. And they go nuts when someone else pours dirt...

...like running a marathon. It does not require any special talent, and 'finishing' is largely a matter of wanting to succeed." In a way similar Chomsky's theory that we are all born with "hard- wired" linguistic ability, the mental process of making logical connections between abstract objects and the mental process needed to construct sentences have the identical structure. Thus, we can see that the genetic heritage that gives us all the ...

... we could conceive what it *might* be like. Since anything we might say exists would be a matter of "linguistic convention," the qualifer seems superfluous. All qualifiers are a matter of linguistic convention. As are all propositions. Which would make pointing out that fact with respect to particular proposition superfluous. Right? ...

... multi-lingual translation projects Responsibilities * Coordinate translation projects that may contain DTP and/or HTML or other media formats, in one or several languages, as assigned: - Analyze job for proper assignment to linguists, typesetters, coding resources, assign same and create purchase orders - Follow each step of a translation project cycle as required - Ensure complete and proper delivery to client in required format * Learn and ...

... sophist*icated become the arguments. The truth is always greater than the sum of the arguments. Line up genetic evidence, paleantological discoveries, cosmological mathematics and throw in some neuro linguistic programming and quantum physics, and you will start to see the bigger picture. Your 'intuitions' will be confirmed. Each discipline is identifying 'bits'. It is more difficult for advanced monodisciplined ...

... we become, the more sophist*icated become the arguments. The truth is always greater than the sum of the arguments. Line up genetic evidence, paleantological discoveries, cosmological mathematics and throw in some neuro linguistic programming and quantum physics, and you will start to see the bigger picture. Your 'intuitions' will be confirmed. Each discipline is identifying 'bits'. It is more difficult for advanced monodisciplined ...

... for certain empirical phenomena, and with increasing confidence in the model we may even say (as a matter of linguistic convention) that its conceptual objects 'exist'. Since anything we might say exists would be a matter of "linguistic convention," the qualifer seems superfluous. We need say nothing more than this, and there is no need to ...

... an all caps subject line... -- Including GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, ITS ON FIRE? ;-) Usenet is a smoke detector??? -- Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423 EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion ------------------------------------------------------------ "You know, I'd get it if people were just looking for a way to fill the holes. But they want the holes. They wanna live in the holes. And they go nuts when someone ...