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From: daryl@oravax.UUCP (Steven Daryl McCullough)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Metaphors, Information and War
Summary: Lakoff musings are a poor way to argue against war in the Middle East.
Keywords: metaphor, analogy
Message-ID: <2012@oravax.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 91 19:48:18 GMT
References: <shahar.663768754@shum> <26303@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <28045@cs.yale.edu>
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In article <28045@cs.yale.edu>, mcdermott-drew@cs.yale.edu (Drew McDermott) writes:
> Let me begin by saying that I agree completely with George Lakoff's
> political conclusions in his recent postings.
> ...
> Having said that, I would like to argue that Lakoff's argument from
> his "theory of metaphor" is just silly.

Hear, hear! Too often in political debates, people are willing to
swallow any cockamamie theory if it leads to politically correct
conclusions. It is nice to see an illustration that it is possible to
agree with someone and still think that their reasoning is
wrong-headed.

And (the eternal question) does any of this have anything to do with AI?

Daryl McCullough