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If understanding what is meant is essentially a struggle for convergence against the forces of divergence, this has significant implications for clarity — how far we can be clear, whether in some cases it is possible to be clear at all.
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© 1988 Terence Moore and Chris Carling
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Moore, T., Carling, C. (1988). Convergence and Clarity. In: The Limitations of Language. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19446-9_8
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