tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721325436856911698.post7328686003789206861..comments2023-11-02T04:47:48.720-07:00Comments on A Novel Proposition: C1 and C2 wonderChris Tillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07039880090804518326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721325436856911698.post-8380522043928840012008-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:002008-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00I think something like:C1: Linguistic competence ...I think something like:<BR/><BR/>C1: Linguistic competence via dictionary meanings. <BR/><BR/>S is competent with term P iff S can give other terms which are materially or logically implied by a thing's being P.<BR/><BR/>C2: Linguistic competence via sensory meanings. <BR/><BR/>S is competent with term P iff S can identify (or imagine) instances of P.<BR/><BR/>would fit the bill. Even a man of the street can answer the following demands:<BR/><BR/>1. Tell me what p is.<BR/>2. Show me an example of P.<BR/><BR/>(1) seems to demand a sort of analysis. (2) seems to demand a (as Lewis would put it) a terminating judgment.<BR/><BR/>The problems, as I recall them in class, were that the two categories collapse. They cannot on this view. And that a man on the street could fail to meet the rigor of King's standards. On this view, a man on the street can be said to be competent.<BR/><BR/>I don't think one needs to follow Lewis all the way, since we shouldn't be phenomenalists. <BR/><BR/>Jones is competent with the term 'bachelor'. So by C1 Jones knows that by being a bachelor it is materially implied that you are an unmarried man. Jones is also C1 competent with the term 'human' and knows that if you are a human, it is materially implied that you are mortal.<BR/><BR/>By C2 Jones is also able to recognize bachelors and humans in their instances. So if he sees me and knows certain facts about me, he recognizes I am a bachelor and a human.Wes McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07419648634722401067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721325436856911698.post-23800820904472683792008-11-23T10:11:00.000-08:002008-11-23T10:11:00.000-08:00If we keep them, what, exactly, will the principle...If we keep them, what, exactly, will the principles look like? How will they avoid the problems we discussed?Chris Tillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039880090804518326noreply@blogger.com