思想不应因言语而受阻——答刘永富先生

不能将(被)知的内容与(被)知的对象混同;将来的现实虽同时可归属于当下的可能,但并不等于当下的可能,两者具有不对称的关系;不能由语词的所指可以不受时间限制而合理地推出其也应包含“可能”等模态;构词和新的表述方式不能只强调个人权利,更要顾及责任义务、考虑到言语常规。

Words Shouldn't Be a Bar to Thoughts--Reply to Mr. Liu Yongfu

We should not confuse the content of the known with the object of the known.Though the reality in future might be involved in the possibility at present simultaneously,they are not equal to each other completely.They are not symmetric.From the fact that words are out of restriction of time,we cannot reasonably deduce that the words should include the modality of "possibility".When using new expression ways and word-formation,we should pay more attention to responsibility,obligation and language conventions than individual rights.In the public occasions,the latter is far more important than the former one.