[Hardy-l] Tess' freedom

[Charles.Anesi at wellsfargo.com]

>I find it hard to estimate who will subside admitting defeat or else
claiming unfair (academic? advantage.

My response to Rosemary's initial message assumed that Rosemary was
voicing a variant of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis -- suggesting that
Anglos are more attuned to killing than love because, compared to some
other cultures, they have more words for the former than the latter.
What I should have said is that at a constant level of abstraction, we
have about as many expressions for one as for the other.  But since I
view the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis as having only feeble experimental
validation anyway, I really should have just said I reject Rosemary's
major premise.  Agreement is unlikely.  


Chuck Anesi
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