Re: meanings not in english
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 13, 2003, 0:43 |
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Robert B Wilson wrote:
> it's more logical to me than distinguishing just intention. the result is
> often more important than the intention. if a person intends to fly from
> the top of one skyskraper to another by flapping their arms, their
> intention doesn't matter... they still go splat.
> i don't see why a language shouldn't distinguish both, though...
But, it's easier to know one's own intention than effect. If I lie and
tell someone their cooking was good when it was actually bad, is that
beneficial or malicious? It's debatable. But, I can definitely know
for a fact that I *intended* it to be beneficial.
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