Reductionism - No; Heidegger - Yes
Mark Sheely (marksheely@yahoo.com)
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 17:24:55 -0700 (PDT)
--- Steven Gabriel <sgabriel@willamette.edu> wrote:
> I think you are trivializing the idea of language by
> using a definition of
> it that implies that any possibly information
> containing object is
> language.
I don't think his argument is that semantics can be
reduced to syntax, but that instead "meaning" always
bears the imprint of the processes used to organize
thought - to such an extent that one does not exist
without the other.
Thus, Matt's subconscious is "structured like a
language." It always bears that organizational
imprint.
This is very similar to when Martin Heidegger writes
that "Being" always finds itself in a state of
"dealing with." Neither man - nor meaning - can exist
in a vacuum....
I'm probably not making much sense anymore. Please,
someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Take care of yourselves,
Mark
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