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Per {{author|Richard Rorty}}: ''The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.'' | Per {{author|Richard Rorty}}: ''The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.'' | ||
The means by which we articulate these embodied fictions is language: not the binary code of a CPU, but natural, human language. We each speak our own unique, gerrymandered, error-prone, slang-inflected dialect. From this imperfect hodgepodge come all our [[metaphor]]s (they assign a relatable framework to any novel experiences), and from [[metaphor]]comes context, meaning, evaluation, truth, and falsehood. | The means by which we articulate these embodied fictions is language: not the binary code of a CPU, but natural, human language. We each speak our own unique, gerrymandered, error-prone, slang-inflected dialect. From this imperfect hodgepodge come all our [[metaphor]]s (they assign a relatable framework to any novel experiences), and from [[metaphor]] comes context, meaning, evaluation, truth, and falsehood. | ||
Per {{author|Richard Rorty}}: ''Truth is a property of sentences, not things.'' | Per {{author|Richard Rorty}}: ''Truth is a property of sentences, not things.'' | ||
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Dennett barely mentions language or [[metaphor]]. He spends a great deal of time talking about words and memes (in their technical sense: gene-like replicating units of cultural transmission, and not cat videos on YouTube). | Dennett barely mentions language or [[metaphor]]. He spends a great deal of time talking about words and memes (in their technical sense: gene-like replicating units of cultural transmission, and not cat videos on YouTube). | ||
It is easy to overlook [[metaphor]] when reducing sentences to words and cultural experiences to abstract data replicators. A meme is a [[metaphor]]viewed from a mechanic’s perspective, with the casing removed: no user-serviceable parts on display. | It is easy to overlook [[metaphor]] when reducing sentences to words and cultural experiences to abstract data replicators. A meme is a [[metaphor]], viewed from a mechanic’s perspective, with the casing removed: no user-serviceable parts on display. | ||
This is, par excellence, the machine’s eye view. | This is, par excellence, the machine’s eye view. | ||