CMLT 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ted Chiang
10 Jan 2018
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Answer to the why question telos purpose. Science to explain how things function. Unfortunately, today, the two are in con ict. In science you observe what can be measured. We communicate concepts and, therefore, the world as we understand it. Literature is in constant relationship with philosophy and history its unifying essence requires us to read literature for what it means and not just for what it is. Writing, just like the aliens", is a collection of signs that point to concepts. through concepts, we communicate (moral) values. Last time i asked you to think about weather western is christian. The west has embraced the idea of self- criticism. A metaphor for the unknown ancient self that requires constant rediscovery. Knowledge is multidimensional ands found in mutual causation of concepts. Macurs aurelius in meditations: everything is interwoven and the connection is something holy, and one is not foreign to the other.
