Hope to get back to this, though so far I find the answers quite unsatisfactory. > Let me ask Donal for the second or third time where in the later writings > he > finds Wittgenstein talking about 'vacuous concepts,' or anything that could > be > construed as a rough synonym of that expression--except by way of arguing > _against_ Frege's notion that concepts without sharp boundaries were > concepts in > name only. Eh..I did suggest saying something 'meant nothing' etc. could reasonably be viewed as a synonym for 'concepts deployed vacuously'. > Let me ask too for a single example anywhere, of 'an unsayable rule.' But this is like asking 'What then is the _colour_ of the invisible rabbit?' and when none is given concluding - 'Ah, see - _there is_ no invisible rabbit!' Shame on you! Donal Tending to his tootsie, England ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html