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language is understood , the person grasps at once the meaning of “ paper . ” He may not , however , see any meaning or sense in the performance as a whole . Similarly , the person identifies the object on sight as a stone ; there is no ...
language is understood , the person grasps at once the meaning of “ paper . ” He may not , however , see any meaning or sense in the performance as a whole . Similarly , the person identifies the object on sight as a stone ; there is no ...
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III DEFINITION AND ORGANIZATION OF MEANINGS The Harmful Consequences of Vagueness . ... Because of vagueness of meaning we misunderstand other people , things , and ourselves ; because of ambiguity we distort and pervert .
III DEFINITION AND ORGANIZATION OF MEANINGS The Harmful Consequences of Vagueness . ... Because of vagueness of meaning we misunderstand other people , things , and ourselves ; because of ambiguity we distort and pervert .
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In the history of language we find both aspects of the growth of vocabulary illustrated by changes in the sense of words : some words originally wide in their application are narrowed to denote shades of meaning ; others originally ...
In the history of language we find both aspects of the growth of vocabulary illustrated by changes in the sense of words : some words originally wide in their application are narrowed to denote shades of meaning ; others originally ...
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Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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