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To: jlallen who wrote (11652)4/17/2001 11:58:51 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
As far as words go, it contains what they "mean". Because words (at least imo) have no existence outside of what humans "believe". Most people "believe" that the meaning of a word is the meaning in the dictionary. They might think it meant something else, but when confronted with the dictionary most people choose to agree that the dictionary meaning is to be accepted. I am equating what words "mean" with word truth. If you don't, that is, of course your choice. But it makes communication on many levels problematic.



To: jlallen who wrote (11652)4/17/2001 12:10:00 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Why is the dictionary assumed to contain the truth?

The dictionary contains standards for communication to which we conform if we want to understand and be understood. Truth has nothing to do with it.

Karen


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