On its face, talk of grounding human morality in animal behavior is the kind of "lower language" of reductive explanation that might make Charles Taylor shudder.
We will wait for history or arts subjects that need a lot of language for explanation and description," said Yisa. "The intention is to do it as fast as possible.
In Taylor's terms, the question is whether an "upper language," in which we describe altruism as noble and admirable, can be fully captured by a "lower language," of instrumental and biological explanation, a language that scrupulously avoids the vocabulary of purpose, intentionality, design, teleology.
"Formalists begin with theories of language, then find data to support the theory," she says, "whereas functionalists begin with language data and then develop theories of explanation".
"Expressing thoughts (shu yi)" (NO11) or "connecting thoughts (tong yi)" (B41) is communication, the aim or result of using language, not an explanation of why terms refer to the things they do.
Perhaps Wolfe's most astute observation was cultural: how the collapse of Freud and Marx had pushed people into using the language of cognitive science for explanations of human behaviour.
He and partner Carl-Fredrik Neikter, the Swede who designed NetBus, borrow the language of plaintiff attorneys for an explanation of the slow sales: "tortious interference" in NetBus business by bigger software companies.
I feel sorry for the injured workers who have or may have lost claims because of the language of Part V. (For an explanation of why McCrory's Executive Order 93 doesn't fix the Bill, please see my earlier piece here. ).
To that end, in addition to a thoughtful, plain language explanation of the issues at hand and Aereo's stance, you'll also find copies of the existing decisions on the books regarding Aereo's service from lesser courts, as well as the company's own briefs, and the Amicus briefs of companies and advocacy organizations that support Aereo's argument.
A plain language explanation of the study and a consent form were mailed or emailed to women who expressed interest.
