Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 12:00:59 -0700
From: Mike Staples <mstaples-AT-argusqa.com>
Subject: Re: Language?


Christopher Honey wrote:

> I don't think music can be language in the sense we're talking about
> here, because it lacks the direct symbolic aspect.  There is no
> agreed upon system of signs and signifiers.  I'm not talking about
> notes on a sheet, but performed music does not match the definition
> of language as a symbolic system of signs.
>


Christopher, I think I must have missed something. What is the "sense
we're talking about" with respect to language? It seems that you are
talking about a system of signs and signifiers. Is that what you are
referring to? And if so, is that something we can all agree upon...i.e.,
that language is a system of signs and signifiers? Is that what
Heideggerians mean by language?

Michael Staples



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