Weintraub and I talked back and forth for a while, and then we found something we agreed about. The problem was that we were in two different language games. It is like speaking two different languages when this happens. Lyotard calls this kind of dispute differend . It's a kind of quarreling that just seems to drive you crazy.
Nobody understands what the other person is saying.
It just doesn't seem to make any sense at all. But then, Weintraub and I agreed about something and that seemed to quiet things down. It certainly helps me to understand this, and I suspect it helps you, at times, too. And Weintraub answering me by saying Yes. Now, this time it just made me laugh.