tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10666901.post4436417333883155982..comments2024-01-14T01:51:23.999-05:00Comments on DuckRabbit: Sometimes a tie is just a tieDuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11349267352262603510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10666901.post-21801115175325863942008-12-24T18:51:00.000-05:002008-12-24T18:51:00.000-05:00Mmm, dreaded evolutionary psychology. There was ju...Mmm, dreaded evolutionary psychology. There was just an article on this terrible field in Scientific American:<BR/><BR/>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=four-fallacies&print=true<BR/><BR/>NSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10666901.post-57219482171041913582008-12-24T03:48:00.000-05:002008-12-24T03:48:00.000-05:00Does the book discuss cross-cultural gestures that...Does the book discuss cross-cultural gestures that have the same meaning?<BR/><BR/>I've recently had occasion to think about Wittgenstein's quotation of Augustine at the beginning of the PI. Augustine says of his elders: "Their intention was shewn by their bodily movements, as it were the natural language of all peoples: the expression of the face, the play of the eyes, the movement of other parts of the body, and the tone of voice which expresses our state of mind in seeking, having, rejecting, or avoiding something." I wonder how extensive such a language is (at the very least it includes the 'gestures' of crying, smiling and laughing; but perhaps these aren't gestures at all). In particular, I wonder if pointing is the same for all cultures.N. N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05983492370711591794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10666901.post-23348214941149035952008-12-23T03:03:00.000-05:002008-12-23T03:03:00.000-05:00Those were funny explanations...Living in one part...Those were funny explanations...<BR/><BR/>Living in one part of former Yugoslavia, what I can confirm is that I have heard older people using the term "hitting/knocking himself on the chests" (meaning, he is taking the credits for something). What I can't remember is if I have actually seen people doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com