[FRIAM] Metaphor [POSSIBLE DISTRACTON FROM]: privacy games

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

I agree, Glen.  Anytime you see more than one set of scare quotes in a message from me, look for irony.  

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of u?l? ?
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:29 AM
To: FriAM <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Metaphor [POSSIBLE DISTRACTON FROM]: privacy games

No. Steve was exactly right in *asking* what I meant by the string "strawman". Any behaviorist would care more about Steve's actions than his thoughts, right?

On 5/28/20 9:26 AM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> Aren’t we arguing about whether “Steve Was Wrong” when he understood 
> “strawman” to refer to a “stick figure” or other constructive schema, rather than a guilefully conceived version of an argument designed to show its weaknesses.   Is there any way to show a metaphor is “wrong” other than the exercise of power?
> 
>  
> 
> OK, friammers.  All those who think Steve Was Wrong raise your hands.

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