It turns out that Saussure was wrong about the arbitrariness of the sign according to Stan Tenen of the Meru Foundation. I ran across his website and his article in the Noetic Journal.
To start, we might ask: What if claims of intrinsic natural meaning for these “sacred” numbers, letters, and other symbols are true in a philosophically deep way?
What if ancient “sacred” numbers, letters, and symbols were, somehow, exactly what they meant?
What if the natural geometry of the source of information also serves as the sign of information?
What if the natural geometry of the source of conscious volition also serves as the sign of conscious volition?
In the synchronicity department, I noticed that Tenen’s bibliography includes Jaynes’ Origin of Consciousness.
Posted by jim at January 13, 2005 09:06 AM | TrackBack