What Is Called Thinking?

What Is Called Thinking?

Is Precise Language (Always) Good?

On Gödel, Heidegger, and Poetic Speech

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Zohar Atkins
Mar 11, 2021
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If you’re trying to tell someone, “Hey, look out, a train is coming,” you want your language to be as precise as possible. Clarity means life; ambiguity death. You want your language to have no hiccups, no idiosyncrasies. The content is what matters; not the style. If a computer could say the message just as well, there is no reason to avoid outsourcing…

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