The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against
(18-07-2026, 03:42 AM)rikforto wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I have not received a defintion of "meaning" that works for both positions
(16-07-2026, 10:48 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The meaning of a symbol, a hanzi, a string of written letters, a diagram etc. is whatever the person who looks at it thinks it mean. The meaning of a spoken word, alarm, clap, whistle, etc is whatever the person who hears it thinks it mean.

[quote"rikforto" pid='88037' dateline='1784342557']Formally, you never concluded if the words could be recovered or not. [/quote]
(17-07-2026, 11:24 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.There is no way to know what the languages spoken in 300 BCE sounded like.
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