二阶假装的可能性问题

On the Possibility of Second-Order Pretending

二阶假装,即"假装假装"的可能性,涉及假装的逻辑问题。有些假装是可以再被假装的;有些假装虽然现在不能被假装,但在一定历史条件和语境下,却是可以再被假装的。实际上,假装问题并不是纯粹的形式逻辑问题,而是一个语用逻辑问题。"假装假装"涉及复杂的心理活动和文化成规,与"没有假装"是不同的。

The possibility of second-order pretending has something to do with the logic of pretending.Some pretendings can be pretended and some other pretendings,though seemingly incapable of being pretended at present,may be pretended some other time,given proper historical,linguistic and cognitive contexts,and they can be expressed and solved without paradox.In actuality,the question of pretending is not one of the pure formal or mathematical logic;rather it is one of the pragmatic logic.And as 'pretending to pretend' involves cultural conventions and much more complicated psychological and cognitive processes than 'not pretending',the former should not be confused with the latter.