RE: (part 2) Philosophy of Technology: scale and meaning; sameness and difference

From: Chris Lofting (ddiamond@ozemail.com.au)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 20:48:38 BST

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From: "Chris Lofting" <ddiamond@ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: RE: (part 2) Philosophy of Technology: scale and meaning; sameness and difference
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 05:48:38 +1000
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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    > Of Vincent Campbell
    > Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2000 10:17
    > To: 'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'
    > Subject: RE: (part 2) Philosophy of Technology: scale and meaning;
    > sameness and difference
    >
    >
    > So you wouldn't agree with The X-Files' Mulder then that
    > 'The truth is out there' ? :-)
    >

    :-) many 'truths' are out there; it depends on which ones you claim. This
    goes back to the distinction of personal, cultural, and universal 'truths'.
    It is the resonance of 'in here' that determines a truth and so for any
    model of understanding we have to include the possibility of
    illusion/delusion.

    We can re-express the phrase as 'the truth is *out there*' implying it is
    not 'in here'. OR how about 'the truth is out, (so) there'.

    The feelings that we experience as 'truth' are very much 'in here' such that
    I can determine a 'truth' from pure thought!

    However, if we have adapted to our environment by internalisating algorithms
    from 'out there' so the truth IS out there...sort of :-)

    best,

    Chris.
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    Chris Lofting
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