Re: Vocalic Theory ('Laryngeal' Theory)

--- etherman23 <etherman23@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan"
> <proto-language@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I never seem to be able to communicate this very
> simple principle to some people:
> >
> > PIE roots are either CV or CVC(V). There
> are no exceptions.
>
> It's clear that there are so many exceptions that

the rule can't

> possibly be true.

This is the kind of problem that emerges when your
rely on a priori "knowledge" (i.e. assumptions) rather
than a posteriori empiricism. See Willard Van Orman
Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism." Ray, Piotr, David,
Torsten and everyone else have shown a posteriori
empirical evidence that contradicts the a priori
assumption. To remain credible, you'll have to change
the paradigm.