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  1. Feb 2015
    1. What I am suggesting is that when we humans act in the world (in word or deed) we are “virtual characters” (i.e., taking on specific

      So identities themselves are ephemeral constructs that fade and brighten with intentions as our embodied selves act on and get acted upon the world.

    2. So, here is what I mean by “taking a projective stance” to and in the real world: First, we look at the real world, at a given time and place, and see it (i.e., other people and objects in the world) in terms of features or properties that would allow and enhance cer- tain patterns of actions in word or deed. Second, we see that these actions would, in turn, realize the desires, intentions, and goals of a human actor who took on a certain sort of identity or played a certain sort of role (and not others).

      The first two steps in taking a projective Stance. You will note how the intentions of the agent influence how the agent interprets patterns she sees in the world.