Dear dr pr Oshevsky, the short answer Is no, the distinctions (Carnap made) are
directly expressible in one single language, the ontology of which splits if
one decides to have it about a domain or not.
[his examples: 'are there numbers between 1 & 7? Answer yes: 2 3 4 5 6
Q2 are there numbers? [try to read the full stop after it-- Rudolf Carnaps'
answer: nobody can tell since we do not have a universal domain for the
quantifier MANY]
In case you are interested, one of the few cases in which I found out something
rarely noted, the language/metalanguage distinction is intuitionistic (in the
sense of LEJ Brouwer)
Have a very good sunday
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Language of thought
I think the Goddess would do well to stop communicating in Hungarian. If she
has something cogent to say, she should say it in Englisch. If Englisch was
good enuff for Christ and The Donald, it should be good enuff for the rest of
us scholarly bloke.
On thinking about the possibility and cogency of a "metalanguage of thinking:"
Would not the very idea of thinking about the metalanguage of thinking in
itself show that is this oh sort o' like Carnap on internal vs external
questions? (Yes, I'm teaching undergrad courses this term.)
Or is it that the thinking about the metalanguage of thinking is itself
sufficiently independent of 1st order thinking per se such that it's validity
is not compromised by circular reasoning?
Cheers, Walter
On 2017-03-18 04:03, Robert Paul wrote:
What do you think—?------------------------------------------------------------------
RP
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 5:39 AM, -tor <phatic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can there be a metalanguage of thinking?
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Best regards,
-tor
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impossible that not-being is; this is what I bid thee ponder." -- The
Goddess of Parmenides
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