It's not about the content but the context through which the content is framed. I thought "Terministic Screens" was a reminder to read between the lines of a text. Especially when I read Pascals demonstration of 'directed intention'. It reminded me of why Rhetoric is still the only faculty of being human than allows for precise communication. It's as if our senses are communicating tou our consciousness/ It is symbolic of the process of internalization and the complex network of histories that shape each individuals experience. Terministic screens are a way to break away from established paradigms and smoothly interject new ones.
Burke, Kenneth. “Terministic Screens.” In Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966. 44-57.
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