theRailisGone t1_j2fuitm wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:36 PM

Reply to what even is personal space? by Crakrocksteady

It's the the space which, if non-pack were to enter, you would be made uncomfortable.
The yard?

theRailisGone t1_isxmpz1 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:28 PM

Reply to comment by Cpt_Folktron in "In other words, an important lesson we can draw from Hans Blumenberg’s writings on myth is that the dangerous political myths of our own times as well as those of the past can only be countered by inventing new myths, telling better stories, and writing more convincing histories." by Maxwellsdemon17

Your commentary is well written but you make certain leaps that I'd like to question, if you don't mind. Feel free to ignore me.

What is objective meaning in your view? Can you present an example of meaning without narrative? Memory is narrative, so that doesn't work. To demonstrate this, I simply ask you to give an example of something you remember that isn't drawn from narrative. Even non-personal facts like 1+1=2 are remembered principles extracted from narrative memories of examples where this was true.

I also must ask you to examine when you say, 'if they are giving a meaning that does not actually exist except in the mind they are all giving lies.' You mentioned pain. Pain does not exist outside the mind, or at least we have no evidence that it could. Is pain a lie? Is desire?

And again with 'the truth... can be told in such a way as to give a false meaning,' if only 'truth' is transmitted, where does the falsehood in that 'false meaning' come from? It would seem the falsehood is the one that conflates the map and the landscape.

Just thoughts...