135. Language considered as part of a psychological mechanism.
I do not use “this is a sign for sugar” in the same way as the sentence
“if I press this button, I get a piece of sugar”.
language as a psychological mechanism –
is a proposal – a theory for understanding the nature of language –
one of many
‘this is a sign for sugar’ and ‘if I press this button, I get a piece of
sugar’ –
will likely have different uses
© greg t. charlton. 2015.