Quote: everyday communication can not be understood as context-free messages sent from one isolated mind to another; needs shared background

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The idea that everyday linguistic communication consists in … program indoctrinates children into it. One sees a … "flower" and another child gets the picture of … this Cartesian model of messages sent from one … context-free code. It leaves out the essential fact … one communicates about is an aspect of that …   Google-1   Google-2

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