{"id":196,"date":"2017-11-15T18:59:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginedtheatres.dustysheldon.com\/?post_type=theatre&#038;p=196"},"modified":"2018-04-30T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:57:51","slug":"private-language-argument-ii","status":"publish","type":"theatre","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/private-language-argument-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Language Argument II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Participants are screened based on their ignorance of beetles.<\/div>\n<div>A and B walk onstage and are each presented with a small, opaque box.<\/div>\n<div>They are informed that their boxes contain a &#8220;beetle.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Neither is allowed to check the other&#8217;s box.<\/div>\n<div>At a signal, each checks his or her own box. They can check it as often as they like.<\/div>\n<div>A and B describe their beetles to each other.<\/div>\n<div>Following the performance, every spectator is handed his or her own beetle-box, along with strict instructions never to reveal its contents.<\/div>\n<div>Some boxes are empty. Others contain, say: a paper clip, a rose, a starfish.<\/div>\n<div>The performance continues until everyone in town has received his or her own box.<\/div>\n<div>The title of the piece is &#8220;Pain.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A thought experiment on the theatre&#8217;s means of communication and feeling. One of two arguments from the book.","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/theatres\/196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/theatres"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/theatre"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}