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"Because symbols do not directly refer to things in the world, but indirectly refer to them by virtue of referring to other symbols, they are implicitly combinatorial entities whose referencial powers are derived by virtue of occupying determinate positions in an organized system of other symbols"
— Jul 05, 2023 02:56AM
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Adrian Buck
is on page 141 of 528
"Biases affecting how often and when different learning strategies are employed or withheld can radically change what can be learned and how easy or difficult it is to learn it" - he presumably means biolological rather than intentional learning
— Jul 29, 2023 08:20AM

Adrian Buck
is on page 140 of 528
"I have argued that the underlying source of each of the apparent paradoxes of language learning is a misleading assumption that learning is a one-dimensional process, in which a collection of individual memories is built up bit by bit, like adding items to a list, and in which general rules can only be derived by inductive generalizations.." - explains my struggle with Hungarian, but not multi-dimension learning
— Jul 26, 2023 04:34AM

Adrian Buck
is on page 140 of 528
"I have argued that the underlying source of each of the apparent paradoxes of language learning is a misleading assumption that learning is a one-dimensional process, in which a collection of individual memories is built up bit by bit, like adding items to a list, and in which general rules can only be derived by inductive generalizations..." - explains my struggle with Hungarian, but not multi-dimension learning.
— Jul 26, 2023 03:24AM

Adrian Buck
is on page 140 of 528
"I have argued that the underlying source of each of the apparent paradoxes of language learning is a misleading assumption that learning is a one-dimensional process, in which a collection of individual memories is built up bit by bit, like adding items to a list, and in which general rules can only be derived by inductive generalizations..." - explains my struggle with Hungarian, but not multi-dimension learning.
— Jul 26, 2023 03:18AM

Adrian Buck
is on page 140 of 528
"I have argued that the underlying source of each of the apparent paradoxes of language learning is a misleading assumption that learning is a one-dimensional process, in which a collection of individual memories is built up bit by bit, like adding items to a list, and in which general rules can only be derived by inductive generalizations..." - explains my struggle with Hungarian, but not multi-dimension learning.
— Jul 26, 2023 03:18AM

Adrian Buck
is on page 140 of 528
"I have argued that the underlying source of each of the apparent paradoxes of language learning is a misleading assumption that learning is a one-dimensional process, in which a collection of individual memories is built up bit by bit, like adding items to a list, and in which general rules can only be derived by inductive generalizations..." - explains my struggle with Hungarian, but not multi-dimension learning.
— Jul 26, 2023 03:16AM