[MD] Truth and the Linguistic Turn

[MarshaV]

At 01:36 AM 5/15/2008, in the Truth and the Linguistic Turn, you wrote:

>[Krimel]
>Other symbolic systems from the written word to music to art, carry
>Varying degrees of ambiguity but more emotional depth. That depth
>offers clarity at the expense of precision. But this is why I argue
>that not all thought is linguistic or symbolic.

Greetings Krimel,

This is what I have been considering in this thread.

Opposite-from-non-zebra is, of course, zebra.  It seems to me, it's 
my pattern for the general meaning of zebra.  It's not mostly 
linguistic. It's not anything like two paragraphs describing a 
zebra.  It's not mostly image.  It's not some internal picture of a 
zebra.  It's something different.  It seems much more sensual.  It's 
like some conglomerate of all my exposure to zebras.  It's like some 
pattern!   Now I do not have much direct experience of 
zebras.  Mostly books and a visiting a zoo.  So it's pretty 
vague.  If I think about my guitar, it is much stronger in every 
sense, and I haven't played my guitar for many years.

What's come to my mind is the word 'chunking'.  I believe it is a 
term used for assimilating chunks of information in the learning 
experience.  Maybe from the book 'Flow'.  Maybe this chunking is 
establishing a pattern?

What do you think?

Marsha







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