We’re in agreement. The position that I was arguing against is something like: “People can’t communicate unless they first define their terms.” That would be an infinite regress; the only possibility would be that people never manage to communicate.
I offer a restatement: people can’t communicate at a complex and abstract level unless their words are first defined in terms of words with already-accepted and -understood meanings.
If I begin to talk about gilxorfibbin without explaining what that is, it’s unlikely the context will make it possible for you to know what I’m discussing.
We’re in agreement. The position that I was arguing against is something like: “People can’t communicate unless they first define their terms.” That would be an infinite regress; the only possibility would be that people never manage to communicate.
Okay, I’ll accept that.
I offer a restatement: people can’t communicate at a complex and abstract level unless their words are first defined in terms of words with already-accepted and -understood meanings.
If I begin to talk about gilxorfibbin without explaining what that is, it’s unlikely the context will make it possible for you to know what I’m discussing.