From an "epistemologically informed linguistic analysis as an analytically prior first philosophy" to "behavioristic relativism and epistemological naturalism," this "deflationary pragmatic spirit" leads to "ethical and political concerns."
Say what?
The above is from an introduction to a series of recorded lectures on the history of philosophy. But what does it mean? To someone with college degrees in linguistics, literature, economics and history as well as decades of experience in journalism (me), it amounts to balderdash.
Translated to plain language, it means this: Talk about speech like you understand what words mean.
Or as my editor said after she rejected my report on the computer programming business, "Write it for your mother-in-law."
Say what?
The above is from an introduction to a series of recorded lectures on the history of philosophy. But what does it mean? To someone with college degrees in linguistics, literature, economics and history as well as decades of experience in journalism (me), it amounts to balderdash.
Translated to plain language, it means this: Talk about speech like you understand what words mean.
Or as my editor said after she rejected my report on the computer programming business, "Write it for your mother-in-law."
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