COMM1010 Lecture Notes - Thinkprogress
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And it cannot be denied that certain names set up expectancies of propositional embodiment (weaver, 1: in other words, there are terms that don"t need the coupling to embody, words that stand on their own primarily based on community consent (cid:223) their meaning. ultimate terms, ultimate terms, charismatic terms, god/devil terms, why should we care about these rhetorical absolutes , because all language is sermonic, all language is looking to recommend something that usually has a moral or ethical component, we should be concerned about words that just on their own can move people to action. Judging, making a decision about something before all the facts are in definition: we have changed this word, generally have no connection to their initial reference, work because they are so imbued with meaning that is negative that we stop thinking/analyzing critically, god/ devil terms are used without any reference to their roots.
