--- In Wittgentein-Language_Mathematics_and_Science@yahoogroups.com,
Robert Parr <robparrl@k...> wrote:

>
> we have a lot in
> common, but we don't talk in lock step

[JWS] I'd get real worried if I ever found someone who agreed with me
on everything. Some of the views I champion get my verbal support just
because I think it is important to always have more than one way of
looking at things.

[old JWS] "These kinds of understandings between different types of
people as being fundamentally dependent on how we use language."

[JWS] Sorry about that sentence (above), from my previous post to this
group. That sentence was once coherent and then I started to modify it
and then I forgot to finish the change. I wanted to suggest that we
must be careful in how we use language when we engage in the important
work trying to bring together people who have different views of a
topic. All too often the different ways we use words can drive us
apart, particularly when we come from different backgrounds. I hope
that members of this discussion group work towards mutual
understanding rather than try to win debate points.

-John Schmidt