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Posted by Harvey on July 21, 2003 21:02:25 UTC

Languages are limited by our conceptual schemes, and those conceptual schemes are what set the bounderies of thought. If Newton would have had Einstein's conceptual scheme, then physics might have advanced much further in the 1600's. Instead of language of mechanics predominating the 18th century, it would have been the language of relativity theory.

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That doesn't sound right - mikelev - July 22, 2003 - 14:08 UTC
- That's right - harvey1 - July 22, 2003 - 14:39 UTC
  - That's not right - mikelev - July 22, 2003 - 15:32 UTC
    - Sure, it's right - harvey1 - July 22, 2003 - 16:57 UTC
      - touche! - mikelev - July 22, 2003 - 17:57 UTC
        
        Dick is... - harvey1 - July 22, 2003 - 18:12 UTC
        
        Another genius? - mikelev - July 22, 2003 - 18:38 UTC
        
        Just be prepared - harvey1 - July 22, 2003 - 18:44 UTC
        
        Btw - harvey1 - July 22, 2003 - 18:45 UTC
        
        Um if I may comment... - dolphin - July 23, 2003 - 07:32 UTC
        
        Not true - harvey1 - July 23, 2003 - 19:46 UTC
        
        what is a logicist? - dolphin - July 23, 2003 - 21:12 UTC
        
        Simple definition - harvey1 - July 24, 2003 - 14:54 UTC
        
        Then you already know - dolphin - July 27, 2003 - 05:44 UTC
        
        My view is this - harvey1 - July 27, 2003 - 13:16 UTC
        
        misunderstanding - dolphin - July 31, 2003 - 11:13 UTC
        
        Serious question - harvey1 - July 31, 2003 - 13:45 UTC
        
        No - dolphin - August 4, 2003 - 00:42 UTC

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