tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702658478186189194.post8435890747384716848..comments2019-05-30T12:22:54.417-07:00Comments on Linguistics Manifesto: Model building, paradigm and TruthTienzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842156512465678309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702658478186189194.post-15107749003810252582013-12-17T11:31:22.907-08:002013-12-17T11:31:22.907-08:00Byron Jennings:
Thanks for your comment. You are ...Byron Jennings:<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. You are definitely inline with the current paradigm. Yet, I would like to beg a small difference. In addition to "All we have are observations", we do have rationale. Even model building takes some rationale which needs not always being based on the observations.<br /><br />The chance for me to win the SuperLotto is nil, smaller than the chance of striking by a comet. That is, in my *personal* universe, I will almost never observe the *my-winning* of a SuperLotto. Yet, it does not mean that there is no winner of SuperLotto. Even if we cannot reach the Truth in *principle* (not just in practical), there is still Truth with ontological meaning.Tienzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842156512465678309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702658478186189194.post-69556799882893140802013-12-17T09:35:30.315-08:002013-12-17T09:35:30.315-08:00The distinction between truth and the model is sim...The distinction between truth and the model is similar to a distinction made by Kant between the thing in itself and observations of the object. All we have are observations, the thing itself is always hidden.<br /><br />I also find the idea of "truth" as a concept too metaphysical. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05249150970762864930noreply@blogger.com