Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA22763 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:50:29 +0100 Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745904@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Cons and Facades - Welcome to My Nightmare Part 2.Bb Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:48:20 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Yes, but the point was in this view of language, meaning only exists in
negation, there's dichotomy there.
Didn't you mention Heidegger in one of your posts? Isn't his notion of
humans as "beings unto death" an absolute? Where's the dichotomy in this
notion?
Just to be flippant, this left brain/right brain stuff reminds me of that
old joke that goes 'Since the left side of the brain controls the right side
of the body, then only people who are left handed are in their right mind!'
:-) (I unfortunately am right handed).
Vincent
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> From: Chris Lofting
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> > Of Vincent Campbell
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> > Thanks for this.
> >
> > You've sprung me on Wittgenstein here, as this is a general sense
> > of what I
> > thought one of Wittgenstein's views was, and not something I can cite
> page
> > refs for. The bit I'm thinking of is the notion that a 'cat' is
> > not a 'cat'
> > because the word contains some essence of the object it is describing,
> but
> > only because 'cat' means 'not a dog', 'not a cow' etc. etc.
>
> This is the viewpoint from the ~A where we can identify something by what
> it
> isnt; we use context to shine light on the text. Negation is just another
> 'harmonic' as far as the world of ~A is concerned. Science uses this a
> lot,
> especially in QM etc .. problem is that it is a bit like Plato's cave and
> so
> we have to wrestle with shadows :-)
>
> best,
>
> Chris.
>
>
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