(March 29, 2019 at 3:22 pm)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote:(March 29, 2019 at 2:58 pm)Acrobat Wrote: If a dog takes two bones into the woods, and no one is around to count them, or give each bone the symbol of 1, and the symbol of 2, or "two", when combined. Does this mean he didn't take two bones into the woods?
Yes... but you're using the mutually agreed upon terms/symbols just to type that concept, no?
Would you be able to make heads or tails out of the above if it were expressed in, say, Cuniform B for example?
Now, I'm not saying certain concepts can't be ubiquitous.....
But the methods of expressing said concepts certainly are not.
You're referring to the language used to express such concepts, I'm referring to what the language and symbols represents. If I gave you a pineapple and another pineapple later, you'll have two pineapples, regardless if I expressed this in hindi, or with a series of grunts.