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Article #1314Re: The nature of communication
From: sarge
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1987 06:11
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1987 06:11
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In article <3997@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> myers@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Bob Myers) writes: > >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.) > How about a tear-jerker? It tries to evoke grief. Or humor, that tries to evoke amusement? Or religious music that tries to evoke devotion or awe? A possible weakness with this type might be that one can never be sure exactly what experience the other person might be happening, since only the other person can actually experience it. But if this were really the case, we would never be sure when we were communicating at all, so we kind of have to take this point of faith, I think. -- "Absolute knowledge means never having to change your mind." Sarge Gerbode Institute for Research in Metapsychology 950 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 UUCP: pyramid!thirdi!sarge
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!pyramid!thirdi!sarge From: sarge@thirdi.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: The nature of communication Message-ID: <180@thirdi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 02:11:56 EDT Article-I.D.: thirdi.180 Posted: Thu Sep 17 02:11:56 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 07:53:27 EDT References: <2353@mmintl.UUCP> <164@thirdi.UUCP> <2374@mmintl.UUCP> <3997@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Distribution: world Organization: Institute for Research in Metapsychology Lines: 24 Keywords: communication symbols messages Summary: How about a tearjerker?