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Dear Joe,
Personally I think play is an excellent example of
the "as-if", ironic or representational stance which for me constitutes the crux
of human language. I don't have a problem with the idea that non humans
have language although I doubt they have as fully developed sense of context or
existence as we do.
I sometimes get the impression that Percy and
others viewed language as something beyond "scientific" explanation and
therefore in some way constituted a sort of informal proof of God's
existence. For me animals themselves -- with or without language serve
just as well.
Jim Piat
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