Quote:We must categorize to live
No !
There is the observer domain, and there is the domain of the individual and these do not ontologically intersect even when the individual is itself an observer. Categorization lies in the domain of the observer and is an aspect of langu
ing (i.e
the act of using language). "Properties" also lie in that domain as
expectancies of future interactions, not aspects of "things in themselves".
But from the point of view of the individual (organism) engaged in "the life process", there are no "experiences" other than "perturbations" to which "adaptations" are selectively made. There is merely
distinction here , NOT "categorization". There are no "perceptions" or "sense data" and there are no "purposes"....such terms are confined the domain of the oberver.
Lakoff makes the mistake of confusing domains. "Life" is not confined to
to "categorizing" observers.