Glacial Erratics

Embodied Perception

July 23, 2004

In a very nice synthesis, DavePollard provides another of his excellent "this is the way the world works" pieces. He starts with a letter from a grumpy old man, crosses through a bit of Lakoff and Merleau-Ponty and ends with:    (A86)

We are all born liberals. We have to be trained to be conservatives.    (A87)

Please read it.    (A88)

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On August 5, 2004 09:17 PM Joe said:

I've been thinking about this, off and on, since I read it (whenever you posted it). The thing that sticks in my head is actually thinking about embodied perception, and the implied link between physical activity and worldview, not the learned-conservatism thing. I've actually always taken the learned-conservatism thing for granted.    (AAC)

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