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		raincom 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linear algebra explains why some words are effecti... There is a better thesis coming from the late philosopher W.V.O Quine: indeterminacy of translation [1] [1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quine/#IndeTran

scoofy 3 months ago [–]

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That indeterminacy of translation isn’t mentioned is a huge shortcoming of this article.

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