Re: The Flea

Bob King (kingbx@HAMLET.UNCG.EDU)
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 17:03:02 -0400


> On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Beth W. Baldwin wrote:
>
> > Therefore, I infer that this medium has the potential for any inference
> > based upon visible and invisible, spoken and unspoken signals and so has
> > no more potential for conveying "meaning" than any other medium for
> > communication.

On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Marcy Bauman wrote:
>
> Yup. And no less -- which is the _real_ kicker for me.

For me, too. This one is spinning nice. What's are the
implications for ethos if we let the implications of "a world of
inferences" play out a bit? Does it make ethos a radical
self-construction, like a proverbial and constant "leap of faith?"

Bob