I was pondering this question when reading about science fiction writers attempting to write about alien worlds or alien visitors or invaders.
There are some authors who maintain that no matter how it may be attempted that all imaginative effort will in some way involve anthropomorphism or projection.
In some ways I think the same point is made in the artwork entitled The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Something Living which appeared in Tate modern, which was a shark corpse cut down the middle suspended in a tank (the best part was perhaps the title).
Also I think that Witgeinstein was making similar points about divinity, the divine and deity when he wrote about language and philosophy.
Is it a premise that you would agree with or do you think it is possible to describe or conceive of the entirely alien? Is it a waste of time even as entertainment to try and do so?
There are some authors who maintain that no matter how it may be attempted that all imaginative effort will in some way involve anthropomorphism or projection.
In some ways I think the same point is made in the artwork entitled The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Something Living which appeared in Tate modern, which was a shark corpse cut down the middle suspended in a tank (the best part was perhaps the title).
Also I think that Witgeinstein was making similar points about divinity, the divine and deity when he wrote about language and philosophy.
Is it a premise that you would agree with or do you think it is possible to describe or conceive of the entirely alien? Is it a waste of time even as entertainment to try and do so?