Re: o-grade thoughts

From: tgpedersen
Message: 45937
Date: 2006-09-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> At 12:02:36 PM on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, tgpedersen
> wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> > <gpiotr@> wrote:
>
> >> On 2006-08-30 11:46, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>> 'Serial repetition' and 'simultaneous plurality' both
> >>> denote a *set*, ie a collective of several occurrences,
> >>> which may be sequential or simiultaneous among
> >>> themselves. *That* is what I meant; you misunderstand.
>
> >> I don't. You insist on confusing Aktionsart with
> >> plurality, using dubious philosophy of time and space as
> >> a smokescreen and calling it logic.
>
> > Maybe you're right. You're not misunderstanding, you're
> > just choosing ignorance and trying to hit me with the book
> > on familiar concepts. If you come around, try Barwise and
> > Perry: Situations and Attitudes.
>
> I haven't looked at that in 20 years. Can you give a
> specific reference to something in it that's directly
> relevant?
>

Me neither. Chapter I "Meaningful Situations",
"Situation Semantics", p. 19.


Torsten