Share this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMorePatterson in PursuitLanguage is Inherently AmbiguousShare this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore1×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -7:45-7:45Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Language is Inherently AmbiguousSteve PattersonJun 22, 2017Share this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareAmbiguity is part of language. Words do not have objective definitions; they mean whatever you want them to mean.You don't hear or see words - you hear sounds and see blobs of color that qualify as "words" by your own conceptual criteria.Discussion about this episodeCommentsRestacksShare this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMorePatterson in PursuitPhilosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas.Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas.SubscribeListen onSubstack AppRSS FeedAppears in episodeSteve PattersonRecent EpisodesEp. 109 - Order After Atheism | Aaron DayJun 28 • Steve PattersonComplexity and Natural Systems [Narration]Jun 19 • Steve PattersonEp. 108 - I'm Trying to Understand the Trinity | TK ColemanJun 17 • Steve PattersonEp. 107 - Coming Around to Catholicism | TK ColemanJun 11 • Steve PattersonThe Problem of Physical Interaction [Narration]Jun 1 • Steve Patterson4 Steps to the Immaterial [Narration]Sep 29, 2024 • Steve PattersonWhy We Need to Replace Mathematics [Narration] Sep 22, 2024 • Steve PattersonThe Objectivity of Structure Outside our Concepts [Narration] May 6, 2023 • Steve Patterson
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