> > I never intended to imply that all words are the same, you're
> > simplifying my argument. I do agree with you, in that a certain
> > assortment of materials and instruments are necessary, which is why I
> > chose the tool box analogy as opposed to the brick analogy; you're
> > equating your stack of bricks to my tool box. That simply isn't the
> > case; those analogies are incongruous. Although, to follow your
> > analogy, I agree that a certain variety of materials is needed, but to
> > follow it even further along your previous argument -- which I
> > understood be the more-is-better philosophy -- it's unjustified to say
> > that 300 (for example) forms of support are needed to build a house: a
> > house, all things being equal, is a fairly simple design. There are
> > only so many forms of basic support, after which you end up just
> > combining simpler elements to produce more complex systems. In
> > mechanics, there are only a few basic forms of mechanical advantage
> > (lever, inclined plane, etc) and all other machines are based on the
> > interaction of these basic 'building blocks' of varying sizes, etc.
> >
> But language is complex - complex enough to model and communicate
> the experience of reality.  The house, boats, computers, planets (and
> everything found on them), emotions, body parts, concepts, and
> everything else for which we have a name (obviously) are all
> represented via language.  In fact, language is so voluminous that it
> allows for the outstripping of reality in communication, such as when
> people speak of 'space' and 'time' even though primordial
> spatiotemporality is experienced in differing accentuations through
> different senses, but neither is ever perceptually found bereft of the
> other, and God may be called both omniscient and omnipotent, even
> though it is logically impossible for these two characterizations to
> simultaneously inhere.
>
Forgive me if I've misinterpreted your message, but I'd have to agree with
you on every point there and I don't see how this is a rebuttal to my
argument, nor if it's intended to be.

Ishnigarrab

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