Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 444.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 06:58:12 +0000
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@mulberrytech.com>
Subject: Re: 14.0420 rhetorical encoding & mechanical methods
Hi everyone,
At 09:22 AM 10/27/00 +0100, Francois wrote:
>I find myself provoked and stimulated by Wendell, who in a recent posting,
>suggests that rhetoric may be a type of "encoding" by way of a
>categorizing of "what works".
That's one way of putting it. I'm also interested that both encoding and
rhetoric are forms of disguising or metamorphosis.
>I would venture that those that are propelled by the
>pursuit of primitives value reliability above resilience and those keen on
>the argument and the evidence steer a different course towards the ever
>evasive primitive.
Great stuff, Francois. As is the entire post: the notice that both encoding
and commentary require _slowing down_ is itself revelatory (and nicely
ironic, given how much encoding is done in order to help someone "speed up").
Cheers,
Wendell
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