tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post2532679728613534964..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Three Notes on Literature, Form, and ComputationBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-27516699484403967992013-02-16T18:09:43.875-05:002013-02-16T18:09:43.875-05:00I reduce everything to a number; that's not re...<i>I reduce everything to a number; that's not reversible. From the meaning I can't go back to the "thing", -3 can be the result of infinite things</i><br /><br />That's pretty much true of ordinary literary interpretation as well. Whatever reading is proposed could, in fact, be motivated by any number of texts other than the one actually used to generate the reading.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-13586633670897781802013-02-16T17:51:09.713-05:002013-02-16T17:51:09.713-05:00"9 - 4 * 3
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If the value of an arithmetic ..."9 - 4 * 3<br />...<br />If the value of an arithmetic expression can be said to be its meaning, then formal structure, the order in which one performs operations, has a determining effect on the expression’s meaning.<br />"<br /><br />well you assume that that is the meaning thus driving your exposition into a very reductionistic approach<br /><br />I reduce everything to a number; iksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.com