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    It is not the case that Human beings require a rational and sensory sign system (language) to communicate intellectual content to one another.

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    • 1.Mathematical and logical truths are grasped through rational intuition that is independent of any particular sensory sign system.
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    • 2.Leibniz and Frege demonstrate that logical relations hold necessarily prior to and independent of linguistic formulation.
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    • 3.If intellectual content can be apprehended directly through reason, sensory signs are instruments of convenience, not necessary conditions for transmission.
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that no finite set of sensory signs uniquely determines the intellectual content it is meant to convey.
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    • 2.If sensory signs underdetermine intellectual content, then the actual transmission of determinate intellectual content cannot be fully explained by the sensory sign system itself.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Humans derive intellectual content from sensation directly or through sensory communication from other humans.
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    • 2.Nothing can be transferred from one reasoning mind to another except by sensory means.
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    • 3.Unlike angels, demons, and other animals, humans lack a non-sensory means of mind-to-mind transmission.
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