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Quote: a real Robinson Crusoe may go through the motions of language but he is not speaking a language because it is not used for communication
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natural language as communication
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private language argument for skepticism about meaning
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According to Ayer, it is merely a contingent … of a real Robinson Crusoe to make the … he means that that's a coconut? … Crusoe would not be ordering or questioning or … to be ordered, questioned, or promised except, though … sense does it make to say that he … point and purpose of describing something is to … the motions of language without speaking one. … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: natural language as communication (29 items)
Topic: private language argument for skepticism about meaning (33 items)