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 t...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.展开更多
文摘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.
