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Conflicting or contradictory. / in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content.

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pushmi-pullyu

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Source Word

pushmi-pullyu

not-comparable

Conflicting or contradictory. / in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content.

Japanese Meaning

相反する・矛盾する状態を示す。 / テレオセマンティクスにおいて、指示的な内容と命令的な内容の両方を含む表象を指す。

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The board criticized the pushmi-pullyu proposal for being both ambitious and impractical.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

委員会は、その相反する提案が野心的でありながら非現実的であるとして批判した。

Sense（1）

Conflicting or contradictory.

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Sense（2）

in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content.

What […] are the steps from […] the sort of inarticulate pushmi-pullyu comprehensions the bee has and the dim sort of pushmi-pullyu comprehension that mediates responses to behavior releasers, to articulate, well-differentiated, and uncommitted human beliefs and desires […] ?

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