ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jargon, Yeti, Connotation
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Reality as a construct : reality and the real . The whorf hypothesis : how different languages construct different realities. Locan"s stages of development : the real, the imaginary and the symbolic. Connotation: reports about the yeti are fake purported photos are too fuzzy to believe. Signifier vs signified: realities that becomes strange and confusing. Some signified are real and others (yeti) are not. Making up things is an act of signifying - using signs. It is an adaptive advantage of homo sapiens. Studied by philosophers, psychologists, political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists. Anthropologists focus on small group constructs and interactive practice. Race is not fake, it is a human construction. It functions in society, whether it is a construction or not. Francil i: the strategy of this skilled father of lies" (the snake in the bible) Some arguments are fake and some are not. Reality is constructed yet we can distinguish reality from irreality (truth from lies)
