In a message dated 8/25/08 5:54:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> we cannot help but project our value sensations to objects outside of > ourselves. Thus there is a subjective-objective interplay, exchange. the > intuitive -- impossible to deny-- projection of sensations and Therefore meaning is > an important concern. It's what we acknowledge when we say something is > beautiful. > > Thus while Cheerskep is right in an analytical way, his point is moot > because we can't stand aside from what is intrinsic to us, that is to say, > intuitive projection. > WC > A lot hinges on what William has in mind when he says "projection". For me, when I say a flashlight "projects" a beam, I man it actually results in an activity/entity external to the flashlight itself. When the bigot "projects" his hatred of Jews onto, say, Leonard Bernstein, this "projection" is entirely in his mind: there's no new external entity. I agree that people tend to "project" notions, "meanings", into objects, in the sense that because the objects occasion those notions, they think the "meanings" must be IN the objects. This version of reification is a delusion. ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
