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- From: kbad@netcom.com (Ken Badertscher)
- Subject: Re: MUDs and Reality (Theory, LONG)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.084028.24579@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:40:28 GMT
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- The thing that bothers me most about this essay is that it reeks of
- objectivism. I recommend that the author pick up a copy of:
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- Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
- (What Categories Reveal about the Mind)
- by George Lakoff.
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- This excellent cognitive science text explores the dubious assumptions
- inherent in objectivism, and posits a new model of cognition:
- experientialism.
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- While this book may not do much to diffuse the author's mystical
- interpretations of reality and virtual reality, it may offer new
- insights into the cognitive biases imposed by objectivism.
- --
- Ken Badertscher I need something...
- kbad@taligent.com, kbad@netcom.com ...I just don't know what it is.
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