[lit-ideas] Pleonetetic
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:38:57 EDT
In a message dated 4/24/2009 5:57:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
all been suffering from "turbulence," which had a "strength and
ferocity" that "took most people by surprise."
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When I see words like 'most' (or 'demasiado' in Spanish) it gives me the
creeps.
Those terms ('most', 'few', 'a lot', 'too many', 'too few', etc.) are
almost _impossibly_ to formalise logically.
Altham, following Geach, and only in Cambridge, tried, in "Plural Logics".
The logic behind it is pretty complex and subjective. It requires a
standard, or canon, and even then it's difficult to ascribe a definite
'semantic'
interpretation.
Note that:
"A lot of people attended Grice's lecture"
-- as it happened, I was told by someone who witnessed his "John Locke
Lectures" at Oxford, 'the room, at Merton, was almost empty'" Still I would
think, 'a lot' since it _was_ a difficult topic.
On the other hand, 'a few people' attended that concept by that cheap
singer, Madonna. What can you expect? (she filled Wembley).
Cheers,
JL
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