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>From: nlc@media.mit.edu (Nick Cassimatis)
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Subject: Re: RFD: sci.philosophy.language
Keywords: RFD, philosophy of language, sci.philosophy.language
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In article <1992Nov8.192341.6220@samba.oit.unc.edu> Rick.Horowitz@launchpad.unc.edu (Rick Horowitz) writes:
>The following is an OFFICIAL request for discussion to create a
>newsgroup called sci.philosophy.language.  (At least in my mind) It
>supersedes a previous post I made requesting the creation of
>talk.philosophy.language.  It has been pointed out to me that a
>designation of sci might be more appropriate.
> 
>The proposal is to create a group with the following parameters:
> 
>Name of group:           sci.philosophy.language
>Mode:                    unmoderated
> 
...
>
>It is thought that the existence of such a group would stimulate more
>discussion in the area of philosophy of language than (sporadically)
>occurs in the other groups.  
> 
>I understand that the normal procedure calls for a discussion period
>of some 30 days, after which a voting period would be initiated.  So
>let's start the discussion.
> 
>Thanks.
> 

I'd like to see such a group also, but would also be interested in
including discussions on psychological and computational aspects of
language.  I realize that this all may be too much to have in one
group.  Perhaps there could be a group such as: comp.ai.language or
sci.cog.language etc.

Either way, it would be nice to see some more psychology and AI in the
philosophy of language.

Best of Luck,
-Nick


