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= Themes =
= Themes =
== Myth as signal and message ==
== Myth as signal and message ==
== Message as ontology ==
=== Message as ontology ===
== Code as method of interpretation ==
=== Code as method of interpretation ===
 
== The function of myth ==
=== Compare to Rappaport ===
=== Compare to Bateson ===

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ANTH 245: Lecture for SEPT 17 2007

Recap

Rappaport's second cybernetic loop

  • Sacred propositions -> pragramatic proposition -> the System --> Ritual experience --> Sacred propositions
  • Actually similar to this:
    • EXPERIENCE --> RELIGION --> POLITICS --> ECONOMICS --> EXPERIENCE

Segue

Cognitive models

Actually looking at a pattern (myth)

Themes

Myth as signal and message

Message as ontology

Code as method of interpretation

The function of myth

Compare to Rappaport

Compare to Bateson