Re: The Big Bang as grammatical faux pas

David C. Ullrich <dullrich@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Again, even if everything you say about the Big Bang were
absolutely right, none of it has anything to do with grammar.
Your apparent ignorance of the meaning of almost every
English word does not imply that they do not have meanings.

Ah, but do recall "grammar" has a special meaning in certain
philosophical circles. At one point Wittgenstein for example was very
keen on grammar, a notion he understood rather widely. Of course, he
has been emulated in this by many a blathering idiot with not a whit
of the insight of the original.

For those with a soft spot for Wittgensteinian blather, I recommend
instead of John's blabbering the writings of Torkel Franzén, William
Tait and Jeremy Avigad -- to pick a few names essentially at
random. Alas, these writings are very intelligible and thus not likely
to hold any appeal to the true Wittgenstein enthusiast.

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