But symbols are never universal, you can say that some icons can be universal, but not symbols. And accepting that some icons can be universal due...
OK, it's not foucault, but his work is too hard to find on the net (with copyright laws), but a lot of his work was based on the work of saussure...
I'm sorry nursey, but you're quoting from theorists who died hundreds of years ago. The world has moved on, people just don't swallow crap about...
Symbols don't do that. That's what icons do, but again, their meaning is is constructed in the physical world and not in in the pshyche.
But what I'm saying is that you're taking for granted these "fundamental laws of existence", and seem to be assuming universal experiences outside...
And I also forgot to include this quote from the Fundamentals of Symbolism link you posted.
You know I meant symbol, and not symol.
I was just trying to base my comment in the fact that common understandings between different cultures are based in the material world. That...
I give in... what's the punch-line?
I wouldn't have thought that would need much justification.
Yeah, but I was replying to her statement that we're all the same and that seeing and experiencing new things would be pointless. I"m saying that...
But these diverse cultures that have never had any contact have all experienced gravity (up & down), have noted the difference between in & out...
Symbols are a language, but are not universal, and like any language is arbitrary and has to have its meaning negotiated within a culture. Icons,...
It probably has something to do with the amateur nature of the video, but I can't for the life of me figure out just what the fuck he was trying...
Yes, but the way experience is constructed in your head is through language. Try having a thought without having to internally explain it to...
The CIA guide says there is no ONE national holiday. That's because the UK is seperated into 4 different countries, each with their own national...
Would you take it up the shitter if you were guaranteed his money? I Probably would :P
They're not special; they have no power and are largely symbolic. They have lasted the last 50 years because of a fear in the UK of a Presidential...
Seriously, if that happens, grow a beard and bear your breasts for the camera... you would be an instant internet celebrity. Then when you get...
But you know you want to.
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