General knowledge
Jun. 30th, 2004 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lhexaThe following is a page of notes from my computer.
Perlocutions, vagueness,
Knowledge and understanding are different.
Understanding requires a good imagination, knowledge requires...?
A person who misuses knowledge claims to have knowledge without being in a position to know about the subject.
A person who misuses understanding claims to have understanding without imagining the subject.
I see the problem that plagues an age, and I find it suffices to stay away.
Use of "it", "so" as pointers into vagueness.
Consider vagueness a preservation strategy of language.
A section on locutions, illocutions, and perlocutions.
Check Austin: does he say that everything's a locution?
It takes two people to make sense.
Perlocutions, vagueness,
Knowledge and understanding are different.
Understanding requires a good imagination, knowledge requires...?
A person who misuses knowledge claims to have knowledge without being in a position to know about the subject.
A person who misuses understanding claims to have understanding without imagining the subject.
I see the problem that plagues an age, and I find it suffices to stay away.
Use of "it", "so" as pointers into vagueness.
Consider vagueness a preservation strategy of language.
A section on locutions, illocutions, and perlocutions.
Check Austin: does he say that everything's a locution?
It takes two people to make sense.
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Date: 2004-06-30 09:27 pm (UTC)