摘要
Gregory Bateson is famous for his description of the ＂double bind＂ that occurs when human （and animal） communication interaction becomes dysfunctional/-/is principal example is the ＂nip versus bite＂ opposition that he observed when a human and a dog （or two monkies） ＂play＂ （nip） and then play turns to ＂work＂ （bite）.The model is a semiotic failure by not accounting for negation, i.e., ＂labor＂ （not-nip） and ＂leisure＂ （not-bite）. Thus, if there is a double bind, there must be a foundational apposition condition of single-bind （functional communication） in the system, i.e., the possibility of an actual choice, which logically entails a not-choice [potential ＂new＂ choice]. The play/work versus leisure/labor distinction by combination goes back at least to Plato, and in modernity to Ernst Cassirer and Karl Buhler, but has its most strategic communicological development in Maurice Merleau-Ponty＇s tropic logic thesis on Chiasm. The thesis is better known through its application by Roman Jakobson and Claude L6vi-Strauss as a tropic logic of metaphor （attribute--substance quality） and metonymy （part--whole quantity）. My analysis illustrates the tropic logic by contrasting a fundamental metaphysical thesis that Being/Having （Play--Work） and Becoming/Doing （Leisure--Labor） must be phenomenological （tropic） as a basis for Semiotics （logic）. Thus in Communicology, Play is a ＂pretend reality＂ of actual agency, and, Playing is a ＂pretended action in Play＂ of symbolic agency.
Gregory Bateson is famous for his description of the "double bind" that occurs when human(and animal) communication interaction becomes dysfunctional. His principal example is the "nip versus bite" opposition that he observed when a human and a dog(or two monkies) "play"(nip) and then play turns to "work"(bite).The model is a semiotic failure by not accounting for negation, i.e., "labor"(not-nip) and "leisure"(not-bite). Thus, if there is a double bind, there must be a foundational apposition condition of single-bind(functional communication) in the system, i.e., the possibility of an actual choice, which logically entails a not-choice [potential "new" choice]. The play/work versus leisure/labor distinction by combination goes back at least to Plato, and in modernity to Ernst Cassirer and Karl Bühler, but has its most strategic communicological development in Maurice Merleau-Ponty's tropic logic thesis on Chiasm. The thesis is better known through its application by Roman Jakobson and Claude Lévi-Strauss as a tropic logic of metaphor(attribute—substance quality) and metonymy(part—whole quantity). My analysis illustrates the tropic logic by contrasting a fundamental metaphysical thesis that Being/Having(Play—Work) and Becoming/Doing(Leisure—Labor) must be phenomenological(tropic) as a basis for Semiotics(logic). Thus in Communicology, Play is a "pretend reality" of actual agency, and, Playing is a "pretended action in Play" of symbolic agency.
