pynchon agnostic? II

thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet tkrh at worldonline.dk
Mon Mar 10 11:14:26 CST 2003


On 10/03/03 17:20, "David Morris" <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet <tkrh at worldonline.dk> wrote:
>> On 10/03/03 15:59, "David Morris" <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Long before children learn to speak (and before they understand other's
> speach) they understand the difference between themselves and another person
> or
> thing.  They just don't yet know the names of these separate entities.
> Concepts and perceptions preceed language.
>> 
>> There's a big difference between concepts and perceptions; do you mean
> concepts formed by the child before acquiring 'conventional' language skills?
> 
> Yes.  Peceptions lead to concepts, no?

Yes.
 

Thomas




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