with a mental step away from the original implicit referent, it is now a named object
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named object
(thing, action, idea, etc.)
See also Elm Timelines
> The special trait of Elm Timelines is that it deals with uncertainty. You're not required to enter exact dates but draw time-spans within a timescale. If you're not (yet) certain about a times-pan's begin or end you can add an uncertainty range. Elm Timelines visualizes this as "fade-in" resp. "fade-out" then.
N.B. Please remember to refer to the part of her presentation where she shows the similarities between English and Estonian words. Context: deal with uncertainty
the name enables us to refer to something outside the original context
As distinctions coordinate behaviour, other possible behaviours, and new distinctions, arise
distinctions proliferate, and languages becomes richer …
any distinction can be the ground for further coordinations
leading to new named distinctions
imported to a different domain of doings is not the "same" any longer
distinctions take on a meaning according to how they coordinate actions in each domain
and all of them can become the seed for a new lineages of further distinctions
Operationally it does not matter how many prior distinctions have been absorbed in any name.
See also Frozen Future
distinctions accepted in a culture
influences how people see and how they act
which determines what sort of world arises
which validates the distinctions
Language accepted in a culture
which validates the language
language influences experience
"good job!" vs. "tubli!"
good job! – attention on tangible results
tubli! – attention on manner of being
what are the implications for the viability of cultures? (18:34 / 1:26:58)
there is a tendency for thingifying things (towards Reification) in English.