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Article #1311Re: The nature of communication
From: Bob Myers
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1987 11:36
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1987 11:36
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In article <2374@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>In article <164@thirdi.UUCP> sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) writes:
>>
>>1. Those that make statements.
>>2. Those that try to evoke specific experiences.
>>3. Those that stimulate and act as "inkblots" for the imagination of the
>> audience.
>
>Still, I think the original claim referred to the *symbols*, not the
>*messages*. Can you imagine symbols which can be used for messages of types
>2 and 3, but not of type 1?
Sure. How about music? What statements does Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
make? Or for that matter, what specific experiences does it try to evoke?
(though I think an argument can be made for this (type 2), it seems
rather weak to me. I'll let someone else make the argument.)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ucla-cs!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!myers From: myers@tybalt.caltech.edu (Bob Myers) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: The nature of communication Message-ID: <3997@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 07:36:48 EDT Article-I.D.: cit-vax.3997 Posted: Wed Sep 16 07:36:48 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Sep-87 06:50:35 EDT References: <2353@mmintl.UUCP> <164@thirdi.UUCP> <2374@mmintl.UUCP> Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: myers@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Bob Myers) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 21 Keywords: communication symbols messages