2020 was a weird year, but I am back now. At the end of last year I gave an online talk at our Department’s Theoretical Seminar. It’s here.
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Empirical actions (and some other things)
This is mainly an (yet unsuccessful) attempt to develop what I understood as a Wittgensteinean suggestion here for how we could justify claims of the form ‘I know that p’, where p describes what is happening in the speaker’s environment, by performing certain empirical actions. Since these are my personal notes, some other thoughts are intermixed. If you have any feedback, please leave a comment bellow.
Reason, Actions, Nature
These are some notes which I wrote down in the last few months. I was thinking of writing a book, so I wrote in order to make the topic of my book a bit more clear. This is the only use of this text – to make it clear for myself what I am supposed to write about in my book. The only result of writing everything found here, which I would acknowledge, is that the title of my book should be ‘Reason, Language and Actions’. Nothing else should be taken seriously, nothing is worth mentioning etc. I did not proofread the text for grammar mistakes. If you want to take a look at it, you’re on your own.
Reprezentari formale ale actiunilor, destinatari, observatii lingvistice, retrageri si preveniri
Davidson reprezinta formal actiunile ca un tip special de evenimente – cele care au agenti. In Situation Semantics (vezi, de pilda, textul lui Keith Devlin, actiunile, inclusiv actele de vorbire, sunt un tip de situatii. In cercetarile din inteligenta artificiala, atat cat am vazut, modelul cel mai influent e cel propus de Hudson Turner in Polynomial-Length Planning Spans the Polynomial Hierarchy. Acolo, pe scurt, actiunile sunt tranzitii de la o stare la alta.
Nu esti si tu, pana la urma, un intelectualist?
Am incercat sa-mi lamuresc cateva lucruri cu ajutorul unui mic dialog cu oponentul meu imaginar (A, in replicile de mai jos, eu fiind B).
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What do we do when we speak?
I think we would like to accept (and get a better understanding of) all these answers:
(1) We interact which each other by following some rules.
(2) We share our image of reality.
(3) We reason, or at least offer some basis (or starting point) for reasoning.
(4) We perform some actions, intending to achieve some purposes.
Exemple, exemple, exemple…
Cred ca ar fi un lucru bun sa ma concentrez pe gasirea unor exemple de situatii in care e ceva de lamurit cu privire la relatia dintre actiuni non-verbale si actiuni verbale. Exemplul cu persoana care isi despacheteaza lucrurile dupa ce isi ia ramas bun mi se pare destul de bun, fiindca se poate vedea acolo, cred, ca nu e vorba de un act de vorbire care esueaza din cauza ca nu sunt respectate anumite conditii extralingvistice (ca in cazul oficierii unei ceremonii, de pilda).
Am dezactivat comentariile (pe blog)
Motivul e simplu. Nu prea am rabdare sa citesc comentarii de genul asta si sa le raspund:
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Introducere in filosofie
Am vazut aici prezentarea unui “Curs de introducere in filosofie si psihologie”. Daca as avea timp, m-as duce sa vad despre ce e vorba, de curiozitate. Cred ca as fi dispus sa si platesc (taxa e de 100 lei). Din pacate, chiar n-am timp. 🙁
De ce ai vrea sa inveti filosofie?
Ar trebui sa mergem sa vorbim cu elevii de liceu, sa le spunem de ce ar merita sa vina la facultatea de filosofie. Mi-am ales si eu un liceu, ar trebui sa vorbesc cu o fosta colega de-a mea de facultate si sa merg sa le spun elevilor de acolo cateva vorbe.
Dar nu stiu ce sa le spun. Pana la urma, eu n-am vorbit niciodata, in calitate de profesor, cu elevi de liceu. Nu stiu ce gandesc. Nu stiu ce au in minte. Nu stiu ce ii intereseaza. Imi e foarte greu sa-mi aduc aminte cum eram eu in liceu.