Why do I get the feeling I am replying to a contrarian robo-script? I'm sorry, your five minutes are up. If you want to go on arguing, you'll have to pay for another five minutes.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom Walker wrote:>> There's a name for [meta-metaphor]. It's called > "ideology." In this case, it is worthwhile reviewing the sources. Destutt > de Tracy proposed the term positively as a replacement for metaphysics. Dr. > M. gave it a pejorative twist. << > > I see nothing wrong with neologisms. A lot of people throw around a lot of > fancy words without defining them. A neologism _forces_ one to define it. > In this case, we might equate "meta-metaphor" with Joe Schumpeter's idea of > a "vision," at least as a first approximation. > > The "vision" that Destutt and Dr. M. refer to is simply _one kind_ of > vision of society. Dr. M. had a different vision. There are at least two > definitions of "ideology" floating around. One of them involves "false > consciousness" or a vision that distorts empirical reality. IMHO, Destutt's > vision (of bourgeois individuality) fits that definition, while Marx's does > not. That is, at least according to the chosen definition, there can be > visions or meta-metaphors that aren't ideological. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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