• frank
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    I agree.Moliere

    ha
  • Moliere
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    A joke, yes, but with a point -- it's true we understand one another in this conversation, I believe.

    Given the indeterminacy of translation, how do we understand one another?

    My answer is we're not translating. (there's also something about gavagai that's not right as an example -- it focuses too much on mereology and less on usage)
  • frank
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    A joke, yes, but with a point -- it's true we understand one another in this conversation, I believe.

    Given the indeterminacy of translation, how do we understand one another?
    Moliere

    I guess Quine would have us deflate "understand."

    Like this:

  • Moliere
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    But that wouldn't explain why we both got the joke.
  • frank
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    But that wouldn't explain why we both got the joke.Moliere

    I think maybe Quine isn't your cuppa tea. :razz:
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