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1、TheCravingforObjectivity121knowwhatgoesoninsideanothermind,canbeaveryrealexistential8.Theproblem.Andevenif_^-makestheleapoftrustandmanagestoCravingforObjectivityunderstandanotherpersonmorethansuperficially,andthefurtherleapwhichallowsonetotrustone'sperc
2、eptionthatoneisunder-standinaheothermorethansuperficially,oneknowsthatwhatoneunderstandsisonlyapartofsomethinginfinitelycomplex.Humannature(whetherintheindividualcaseorintheabstract)issimplynotsurveyable.Yettoconcludethatifonedoesnotknow,acknowledge,sha
3、reeverythingthereist6know,acknowledge,shareaboutanother,thenonecannottrulyinterpretwhattheothersays,isjusttorepeatCountAlfredKorzybskiusedtoclaimthattosayofanythingthatitKorzybski'smistakeinadifferentform.isanything-forexample,tosayofmycarthatitisanauto
4、mobile-"Enoughisenough,enoughisn'teverything,"JohnAustinwrote,istofalsify,since(tosticktotheexampleofmycar)therearemanyandthatappliestointerpretationasmuchastojustification.Thereisautomobilesandmycarisnotidenticalwithallofthem,norisitanultimateseparaten
5、essthatreallyexists.Toidentifythatwithasit-identicalwiththePlatonicIdeaofanautomobile.Aspartofthepseu-uationthatcropsupininterpretation(incommensurability)orwithadosciencethathecreated,thepseudoscienceof"GeneralSemantics,"tropethatcropsupinliterature(ex
6、otopy)istoconfusebackgroundherecommendedthatoneshouldusethewordetceteraasoftenasforforeground.Enoughisenough,enoughisn'teverything.possible.Inhisview,itwouldbehighlytherapeutictosay,"ThatisButthereareotherroutestothenotionofincommensurabilitythananautom
7、obile,etc.,"andnot,"Thatisanautomobile,"inordertotheRomanticones.Asomewhatoversophisticatedroutetothesamekeepinmindthatthe"that"referredto(mycar)hasinfinitelymanyerroneousconclusionisthefollowing:traditionally,interpretationpropertiesbesidesthosemention
8、edinmystatement.wasthoughtofasaprocessoractbywhichthemindwasabletoThateverythingwesayisfalsebecauseeverythingwesayfallsshortrelatewordsandsentencestoobjectsintheworld.Avicenna,writingofbeingeverythingthatcouldbesaidisanadolescent