| Re: Nothing by Nobody Nowhere (No Where = Now Here)
Re: T.o.N. (Theory of Nothing) - 07-26-2007, 04:09 PM - Magic (ToeQuest Member)
"A lot of the content in this thread is too complex for my simple brain. There is a lot I agree with and a lot I disagree with, but perhaps that disagreement arises from lack of understanding.
"One of the key planks in my own TOE is that language conceals more than it reveals, and that there are no fundamental differences, only confusion about the application of labels. I believe that Godel's incompleteness theorem applies just as much to language as to systems such as arithmetic or geometry. And, in the same way that, per Godel, you cannot prove the truth of a system such as arithmetic without stepping outside the system, I believe you cannot prove the truth (ie the true meaning of words) of language without stepping outside the system of language. Because fundamentally language is about the random application of labels to things. And over time, as the thing itself changes, disagreement arises as to whether the label is still appropriate to the thing."  |