Re: weather/climate

James Robert Martin (jmartin who-is-at extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU)
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:08:49 +1000 (EST)

Mike - Halliday has described semiosis as emerging in our species as a
means of reconciling the tension between consciousness (the inside) and
the material world (the outside). Does that resonate with what you mean?

Jim Martin

On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Mike Cole wrote:

>
> Jim-- I add my thanks to Francoise's for your explication of the Halliday
> weather/climate analogy. When you then like climate to phylogenetic
> constraints (the long term) I am STRONGLY reminded of the cutural-historical
> view of mind/language as the interweaving of natural and cultural lines.
> Probably not a coincidence, if my simplified interpretation seems plausible
> mike
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