Comments on: The Mechanics of Statements http://www.pointedstick.net/colter/2009/05/11/1123/ the further adventures of the luckiest bastard you ever saw Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: colter http://www.pointedstick.net/colter/2009/05/11/1123/comment-page-1/#comment-42279 colter Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:38:45 +0000 http://www.pointedstick.net/colter/?p=1123#comment-42279 Well but the insinuation is there and is often inferred by the other women at the table - "he didn't say anything about me, so I must not be pretty." It's not logical but it certainly happens. Well but the insinuation is there and is often inferred by the other women at the table – “he didn’t say anything about me, so I must not be pretty.” It’s not logical but it certainly happens.

]]> By: C. Wells http://www.pointedstick.net/colter/2009/05/11/1123/comment-page-1/#comment-41018 C. Wells Wed, 13 May 2009 14:23:49 +0000 http://www.pointedstick.net/colter/?p=1123#comment-41018 well, i'm not sure the jump from the chairs to the other scenarios follows exactly (this is all amusing though). by saing "this chair is blue", you are not saying, "the other chairs at the table are NOT blue". much in the same way that when you say, "this woman is beautiful", you are at the same time saying, "this woman is not ugly". your statement about the particular woman says nothing one way or the other about the other women at the table. fun stuff colter - really makes one use the old brain. keep it up! well, i’m not sure the jump from the chairs to the other scenarios follows exactly (this is all amusing though).

by saing “this chair is blue”, you are not saying, “the other chairs at the table are NOT blue”. much in the same way that when you say, “this woman is beautiful”, you are at the same time saying, “this woman is not ugly”. your statement about the particular woman says nothing one way or the other about the other women at the table.

fun stuff colter – really makes one use the old brain. keep it up!

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