Re: A question of semantics
| From: | Harald Stoiber <stoiberh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 7, 2003, 21:40 |
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 17:42:23 +0100, Nick Maclaren <nmm1@...> wrote:
>No, because such differences of division are a standard property fof
>natural languages. What I am asking about is concepts that are not
>easily (or just plain not) expressible in any natural language. I.e.
>concepts that cannot be thought by a purely verbal thinker.
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>There are some such concepts in mathematics, and it is one of the
>reasons that mathematics is so hard for some people to learn. But
>I am more interested in concepts that are neither in any natural
>language nor in any existing mathematics.
Hm.... obedient to your criteria I find myself restricted to the
inner principles of human thought, metaphysics or any other issues
transcending human nature and, thus, usually not covered by human
language. Everything else has at least _some_ representation
in various natural languages. But this is only my first coarse
attempt to answer your question. And I am not sure whether you are
looking for such "esoteric" answers. Any other ideas anybody? ;-))
Cheers,
Harald