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... language which fits Augustine's description : it is a lan- guage meant to ... language consisting of the four words : block , pillar , slab , and beam . The ... builder's language ' is not only of extreme structural simplicity , but also ...
... language which fits Augustine's description : it is a lan- guage meant to ... language consisting of the four words : block , pillar , slab , and beam . The ... builder's language ' is not only of extreme structural simplicity , but also ...
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... language ' Block ! Block ! ' presum- ably means that the builder wants two blocks , not that he is im- patient for one block . So to deny that word - concatenation plays any role in the builder's language would be to deny that there are ...
... language ' Block ! Block ! ' presum- ably means that the builder wants two blocks , not that he is im- patient for one block . So to deny that word - concatenation plays any role in the builder's language would be to deny that there are ...
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... words of the builder's language are explicitly presented as con- stituting a closed system . Wittgenstein tells us to imagine this as ' a complete primitive language ' . Exactly what this means is perhaps not entirely clear , but at ...
... words of the builder's language are explicitly presented as con- stituting a closed system . Wittgenstein tells us to imagine this as ' a complete primitive language ' . Exactly what this means is perhaps not entirely clear , but at ...
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