[lit-ideas] Re: "Promissory Materialism" Correction
- From: "Adriano Palma" <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:35:33 +0200
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if the tokens of "here" in the sentences A and B are not coreferential
there is no
contardiction of any kind
consider a phone call between florida and canada
>>> "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> 11/15/2011 11:00 PM >>>
>"A. Here there is snow.B. Here there is no snow.
Assuming "Here" refers to same point in space-time, these A and B
contradict."
Who in their right mind would assume “here” refers to the same point in
space time? That’s why there’s an “A” and a “B” – to indicate that the
“here” is different from speaker to speaker.
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