Nude Turntable Project

Dear Chris, I learned from Frege not to ask for the meaning of words but to think about the contribution a word makes to the meaning of the sentence in which it is used. The 'context' is one way to think about this question the other is the thought expressed. The meaning of a sentence is the thought expressed. Well the same thought can be expressed in different ways and this imply that we can express the same thought with different words. The fact that the science is universal pressupose recognition of the same thoughts in different languages. To be able to judge if some thought is true one of course
need to understand the thought first. Considering the universal succes of science this probable means that there are no problems with understanding. So no wonder that 'new
thoughts' in science are welcome no matter from which country or languge they come.

Regards,

Dear Nicola, Freud is widely quoted as having said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." If he said it, I don't know whether he said it in Viennese or English, but the meaning is left to the knowledgable listener to divine. A person who had no prior experience of Freud would miss the point entirely. Thus, among us guys, "plinth" means the same thing as "base". The argument is whether those footers constitute a legitimate base or plinth. Those 19th and early 20th century philosophes of whom you are so fond should have been watching more television.

Someone in my early and mid-life used to remind me that Socrates was forced to drink Hemlock.

Dear Lew, I assume that my legs or footers are 'legitimate'
base to carry my nacked or clothed body. I can imagine that
in some future time I may need an 'plinth' in the form of
a wheelchair. This will , I also assume, make some
'qualitative difference', to use your own argument. BTW
I thought that nobody care anymore about Freud. Anyway
his dreams were probable in (Austrian) German.

Addendum, the reason I think that Freud probale dreamed in
Austrian German is that I was not able to understand the
Austrians for the first 3 months . However I am sure that
he wrote his teaching about the 'dream interpetation' (Traum deutung) in ordinary German because I was able to read his book. I had an fantastic relation with my parents with no problem of any kind till I learned abou Freud . I was stuned that this guy from Austria knew better than I myself what I thought about my dad and mom. Such is the force of the marker 'Dr' for someone's name not to mention the title Professor. Since Freud I never felt easy at home because of my feeling of quilt. I had no idea of what I was quilty but , you know, an Professor knows everything better.

Perhaps this "oh so interesting" philosophical discussion can be continued on a less public media and thus save the rest of us from having to check this topic in the vain attempt to acquire actual knowledge. Thanks.