This is part of my Limits of Language series. Read Part 1 and Part 2 first. Ambiguous definitions are easy to reveal using a simple rhetorical tool: the definitional attack. This is how to do a definitional attack: 1. Take the word and come up with two examples, one fitting the definition and one opposed [...]

This is part of my Limits of Language series. Read Part 1 first. See also Part 3. We know what emergent and fundamental are. So what does this have to do with language? Understanding the fundamental versus emergent distinction is critical in understanding one of the main limitations of human language: all of our regular [...]

This is part of my Limits of Language series. These ideas can be rather abstract at times. See also Part 2 and Part 3. As you walk past by a local school, you see an eager little boy break away from his friends and run towards you. He stops in front of you with an [...]