[lit-ideas] Re: Zoon Logikon
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 19:56:59 +0000 (UTC)
It may be that this use of 'abstract', verb, is still a different use from
the one meant by Bickerton. I think that what Rudy is doing is
'generalising'?>
Yes, 'generalising' if this is not seen as a version of induction. But more
accurately he is problem-solving with language (having grasped language as a
solution to problems) and his solution has the status of a conjecture (as
becomes obvious when we examine the many failed conjectures - or lingustic
experiments - conducted by children). Problem-solving is a better
characterisation because it limits the generality of what Rudy is doing.
DL
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