[Wittrs] Re: Understanding "Understanding" in Searle
- From: "SWM" <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:25:48 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jrstern" <jrstern@...> wrote:
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> > We are not very far apart here, I think, though I do sense that you are
> > more radical about this than I am.
>
> moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue :)
>
> Josh
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Hmmm, wasn't that "liberty"? My own alternative goes like this:
"Verbosity in the pursuit of specificity is no vice.
Specificity in the pursuit of verbosity is no virtue"
I guess the phrasing works rather like a logical formula, just plug in one's
desired terms.
(I have occasionally been forced to invoke this when accused of going on way
too much to make my points! And, indeed, I have found it rather hard to ensure
clarity through specificity without, occasionally, resorting to verbosity. Even
now!)
SWM
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