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tease the monkey: arrows of outrageous fortune

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Dave

It began with Noam Chomsky’s assertion that language and the understanding of signs is, within the context as we know it, purely a realm of human endeavor. That would seem fairly axiomatic and difficult to challenge. We like to humanize … Continue reading →

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by the seat of the pants

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Dave

We often think that our intuition, and so called gut reactions, the businessman’s “seat of the pants” reflections leading to a course of action are invariably and intrinsically true and authentic; infallible sources connected to some primal verity embedded within … Continue reading →

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biden: public language private meaning?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Dave

Is speech immaterial to meaning? Is there a self-defeating impossibility of public discourse and are meaning of strings of words simply a ritual in the community sense of the argument? The only way to substantiate the dialog coming from a … Continue reading →