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thanks for the helpful pointer. language is right there not inside someone else's mind, nor in mine. why don't we concern ourselves with what someone tells us and how we go on with that someone? we don't need to get stuck in imputed intentions klaus At 04:43 PM 10/24/00 +0100, David Sless wrote: >It might help to look at Witgenstein's argument about the impossibility of >private languages in his 'Philosophical Investigations. Also see: >http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language/ >for a useful gloss on the argument. > >David > >Professor David Sless >Director >Communication Research Institute of Australia >** helping people communicate with people ** klaus krippendorff gregory bateson professor for cybernetics, language, and culture the annenberg school for communication university of pennsylvania 3620 walnut street; philadelphia, pa 19104-6220 telephone: 215.898.7051 (office); 215.545.9356 (home) fax: 215.898.2024 (office); 215.545.9357 (home) e-mail: [log in to unmask] www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/krippendorff/index.html