Saying anything requires a contingent positional wager inside language

Evidence

The “clues” under discussion in this paper would then appear to be so much free communication to be taken advantage of; and it is an empirical question what free communication a rational player should be able to find and take for granted. Just as esthetic or syntactic constraints on a language help to eliminate garbles in a badly transmitted message, esthetic or dramaturgical constraints, casuistic or geometric constraints, can help to eliminate ambiguousness in a situation where tacit concerted choice is required. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 680 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Discourse constructs subject positions that speakers must occupy regardless of belief; Linguistics decentered identity by showing subjects are positioned in pre-existing discourse; Conventions and constraints reduce ambiguity the way language constraints reduce garbles — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 680 (+6 more)

Related

• Conventions and constraints reduce ambiguity the way language constraints reduce garbles (similarity 0.83)
• Speaking requires taking a contingent position within language. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Linguistics decentered identity by showing subjects are positioned in pre-existing discourse #expands (0.82)
• Language enables meanings rather than passively carrying them #corroborates (0.78)
• Conventions and constraints reduce ambiguity the way language constraints reduce garbles #expands (0.75) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 680
• Language requires general terms that cannot be explained purely by particulars #qualifies (0.72) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 587