In the normal course of daily life, and at least within our own group, we make ourselves more or less understood. This is evident from the way people behave and is an essential part of the normality of daily life. Even if the people we talk to have not shared some of our own experiences, they can understand us when we describe them. A student who exclaims “I can’t face the thought of the exams” can be quite sure that at least his friends will grasp fairly well what he means, whether or not they, too, feel—or have ever felt—the way he does about taking examinations.
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(2005). Interpretation. In: Drengson, A. (eds) The Selected Works of Arne Naess. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4519-6_39
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