Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA28213 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:24:57 +0100 Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:48:14 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <20010325104814.A1174@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3ABB4013.26009.5A8920@localhost>; <20010324150411.D1030@reborntechnology.co.uk> <3ABCC00F.4864.98D2B@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3ABCC00F.4864.98D2B@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 03:41:03PM -0600 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 03:41:03PM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> On 24 Mar 2001, at 15:04, Robin Faichney wrote:
>
> > Your idea of the self is quite well-defined, Joe -- as well-defined as
> > it can be, I think. But do you think that, when they use the word,
> > everyone else always means the same by it?
> >
> I can't think of a single word that means the exact same thing to all
> who use it.
And you don't think you should allow for such equivocation when you
make statements about "the self"? If the word has different meanings,
surely statements made using it have variable truth values?
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