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Bennett and Hacker: Village Idiots or Philosophers?

Fred Mailhot fred.mailhot at videotron.ca
Wed Feb 11 11:36:19 EST 2004


On 2/11/04 3:11 AM, "Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemore2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> EO: Oh, memory is not of the past, great, then
> perhaps it is of future? Trust me, this is non-sense.
> 
> GS: I remember that I have to give a lecture later today. If I said "I
> remembered that I gave a lecture today." you would say that I am
> "remembering the past event." By the same token if I say "I remember that I
> have to give a lecture later today." we must say that I am remembering a
> future event. That is certainly how the language game is played. Trust me.

Bzzzt!! Incommensurability in action...

Glen & Eray are using "memory" differently above, and so the argument is
moot...




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