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geb chapter 6 (the location of meaning)

Tags: Hofstadter - Godel, Escher, Bach

  • deconstruct langauge down to syntax, alphabet, grammar, sounds
    • where does meaning reside in this?
  • like how one note in music cannot be identified to have emotional resonance
  • decoding a message -> linguists and astromers
  • inutition of the location of meaning
    • we expect things to hold meaning such as a newspaper in russian, even when we can’t read russian
    • meaning exists independently of text
  • framing/out/inner vs /scope/medium/meaning
  • can we give information that is context free?
  • intelligences love patterns