Hi Matt/DMB Here's a little suggestion about language. Does language add something to non-linguistic experience or does it take something away? Heidegger says it does both.
Language uncovers aspects of experience that we would not otherwise be uncovered without language. At the same time language is a barrier between us and non- linguistic experience, so that we may only experience the language-changed experience and forget the pre-linguistic wholeness of non-linguistic experience. Take an example. Let's experience a doctor.They have the demeanor of a doctor, and the healing potential of a doctor. Language and imagination and memory and what we sense make up this complex experience. But what if we only experience a 'doctor'.What about the woman that lies underneath this 'doctor'. Or is there just a 'human being' or an animal here. Or just what we sense, a certain eye colour, a hair colour, some heat being given off, a touch on your arm, a smell, her emotional warmth, a meaningful glance. But now, where has the doctor gone. Language covers over the whole whilst un-covering the depth and plurality of the experience that is potentially available. Language enriches the real with even more reality, but the rich thickness of language creates levels & divisions within what is otherwise whole. Nice posts guys. David M Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
