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

From: Kurt Young (abyss@megalink.net)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 21:04:38 BST

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    This, That That, This

    That, That This, This

    abyss

    At 05:48 AM 7/14/00 +1000, you wrote:
    >
    >
    >> -----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.
    >------------------
    >Chris Lofting
    >websites:
    >http://www.eisa.net.au/~lofting
    >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ddiamond
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