I agree. — Moliere

ha

A joke, yes, but with a point -- it's true we understand one another in this conversation, I believe.

Given the indeterminacy of translation, how do we understand one another?

My answer is we're not translating. (there's also something about gavagai that's not right as an example -- it focuses too much on mereology and less on usage)

A joke, yes, but with a point -- it's true we understand one another in this conversation, I believe.

Given the indeterminacy of translation, how do we understand one another? — Moliere

I guess Quine would have us deflate "understand."

Like this:

But that wouldn't explain why we both got the joke.

But that wouldn't explain why we both got the joke. — Moliere

I think maybe Quine isn't your cuppa tea. :razz: