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>From: Allen Renear
Subject: Re: Grounding: Real vs. Virtual (formerly "on meaning")
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In article <1992May23.170049.31825@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil
Rickert) writes:

> What I, and probably Dave, are saying, is this:  What we see is our
>interpretation of the external world...  
>...But we may also see a bird...

Therefore (by UI, MP, &c.)  *a bird is an interpretation*   

Are we comfortable with that?  (I thought they were animals)

What is it in the world such that a *bird* is an interpretation of *it*?  




