The projection I speak of is intuitive. It is not a decision. It is not voluntary. As an intuitive projection it is a sensation, not language or mathematics but a an emotive act resulting from sensory experience. Do I personally adhere to this? I don't know, I'm jusg reporting a philosophical view. I do agree that intuitive projections, to perceive objects AS IF they had intrinsic meaning is not something we can tell ourselves not to do (feel) except in some intellectual diagramming. In this way I do disagree with Cheerskep's extreme subjectivity. And Brady has brought up the problem, too. If we can't know what is going on in another's brain when we say such and such, then why is it that most people are able to communicate rather successfully, even when they represent differing cultures, class,m education, motives, etc? The answer is intuitive projection, a way of involuntarily pretending that the objective world has meaning.
WC --- On Mon, 8/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: "Meaning" is always in a mind, never in an object."That > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 5:14 PM > 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)
