[Wittrs] Re: The Meaning of Knowing Meanings

  • From: "SWM" <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:03:00 -0000

--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gordon Swobe <wittrsamr@...> wrote:

> >> You would not understand the words in this sentence if
> >> they appeared in Chinese. Right?
> >
> >
> > The issue is what does understanding the meaning of the
> > symbols consist of!
>
> You understand English words. You do not understand Chinese symbols.
>
> Right?
>
> -gts


And what do you think understanding English words, or Chinese words, consists 
of? Is it just "magic"? -- SWM

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