
Ep 132: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 7 ”A Conversation about Justification”. Part 2
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The Cryptondoctovus Says, but When the Is Translated Into My Language, No Qualification Is Manifest
Languages are theories in their vocabulary and grammar. They embody substantial assertions about the world. Whenever we state a theory, only a small part of its content is explicit. The rest is carried by the language. Like all theories, languages are invented and selected for their ability to solve certain problems. My complaint is that your theory solves nothing and only exascerates the problem situation. This de t is manifest when the theory is expressed in english and implicit when it is expressed in your language. But it is no less severe for that. It is a popyrian maxim that one should always willing to carry on the discussion in the opponent's terminology. Now, i wound just say ther there
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