March 18, 2011

Thus, ordinary people find it much more natural to say that “The Acme Corporation is upset about the court’s recent ruling” than to say that “The Acme Corporation is feeling upset.”

Thus, people find “The Acme Corporation intends to release a new product this January” and “The Acme Corporation wants to change its corporate image” natural, but “The Acme Corporation is now experiencing great joy” weird.

Thoughts on the philosophy of subjective experience.

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  1. Cindy Scroggins on March 18th, 2011 at 9:59 am

    Fuck the Acme Corporation.

  2. walt on March 18th, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Them and their fucking defective anvils.

  3. Kelsey Parker on March 18th, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    Makes me think of the stuff learned last semester, like “I am feeling frustrated” or “I feel like you don’t listen” aren’t statements of emotion. More importantly, there’s no active responsibility-taking of internal experience in formations like that. So I guess The Acme Corporation is limited to passive, projective declarations.

  4. Amanda Mae on March 19th, 2011 at 10:06 am

    I prefer to go straight to declarative accusatory statements.

    “You make me feel frustrated.” or “You make everyone hate you by wearing those shoes. Which then makes me feel sad to be seen with you.”

  5. Cindy Scroggins on March 19th, 2011 at 10:11 am

    I pretty much stick to Fuck You or Fuck Me. That about covers everything.

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