On Jan 8, 2014, at 7:43 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
> More to the point, how do we know that language is out of touch with
> reality?
>
Excellent questions, especially considering that "reality" is a word
and thus for "language" not to be in touch with "reality" would imply
that the words making up the language are not in touch with one
another (which, however, is effectively the case with undefined terms).
>> How does language get out of touch with reality?
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64