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, 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).