Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:21:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712082021.PAA19292@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: cold logic (was "re:kennings") X-To: lojban To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 842 X-From-Space-Date: Mon Dec 8 15:21:09 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Robin Turner writes: >"Warmly logical" may have shock value, but I'm >not sure how one might use it. Hmm, how about these: "Leonard Peikoff's analysis of the contradictions and irrationalities = inherent in the NAZI philosophy comes to the warmly logical conclusion = that philosophical consistency leads to a greater respect for individual = rights." "She explained to her client, with relentlessly warm logic, that he was = not responsible for the accident he witnessed." As to why we use warm and cold for the associated emotional attitudes; I = bet if they use temperature metaphors in equatorial countries for warm = and cold emotions, that they use the same ones as in colder countries. = What we call emotional warmth is probably universally associated in one = way or another with physical contact, which really is warm. Chris