If "green ideas sleep furiously" is meaningless then why does "there are green ideas that sleep furiously" sound false and not just meaningless? Perhaps it is not about meaninglessness so much as it is about the sentence forcing you to make a presupposition that you know is false.
I like the student interaction in these classes
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Interesting to see how Noam Chomsky added “colorless” to “green ideas sleep furiously” for quite different purposes concerning universal grammar.
Is there a missing video between the one on Wittgenstein and this one? There seems to be a gap (probably one introducing Ayer?)
Analytic/Synesthetic distinctions sleep furiously.
"Is the present king of France bald?"
Greetings from India! I love these lectures. Dear Prof, do you consider Ludwig Von Mises an important figure to study? (Thymology, Praxeology).
I read Ayers book recently and had the feeling that computers would be the better Philosophers if you take up his views.
If "green ideas sleep furiously" is meaningless then why does "there are green ideas that sleep furiously" sound false and not just meaningless? Perhaps it is not about meaninglessness so much as it is about the sentence forcing you to make a presupposition that you know is false.
The wine guy probably said 'okra', a vegetable, not 'ocher' 😂
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