Hi David,
When you have a little minute after your deadlines, would you please
comment further on artefacts (bookds, etc.) as metaphors? What is
metaphoric when I say - as I did in one of my previous post addressed to
Ken - that, for instance, the Kenyan Il-Maasai's club contains and convey a
lot of information and knowledge?
Regards,
François
in Rwanda
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> Dear All,
>
> I wish I had more time to contribute to this thread, having instigated
> some of the issues being discussed, but I don’t. Too many deadlines at the
> moment.
>
> Just one comment. Following on from what Klaus said concerning metaphors.
> All our accounts are suffused with metaphor. The idea that books transmit
> knowledge is one such metaphor. All metaphors have limits. They go some way
> towards helping us, but never completely. That is the nature of
> metaphorising. And there is no escaping these limitations. But we can
> always stop, recognise the limits, and try something else. In the end it’s
> a matter of utility, temporary fashion, etc.
>
> Not surprising, in our time we are gripped by the metaphors of our
> machines. We feel comforted by metaphors about data, information, data
> bases, information processing, networks, etc.
>
> You pays your money, and you takes your chance.
>
> David
>
>
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