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To: RightWhale
'I' is an object, another 'other'. We might let an accident of language distract us from objective truth. Does the structure of the language dictate how we perceive the world?

Several big topics here...

1. To yourself you need NOT be an object, unless you introspect.
2. The structure of language can dictate how we perceive the world, see "pro-choice" vs. "pro-life" or Orwell's 1984 for details ("Crimethink!")
3. The structure of language may reflect pre-existing perceptions of the world, see "logical positivism", Noam Chomsky, or any college philosophy department :-(

Cheers!

Full Disclosure: Stir, stir...

642 posted on 02/16/2005 2:21:56 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Lacanians together toward the future!


643 posted on 02/16/2005 2:23:47 PM PST by RightWhale (Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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