Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id LAA26997 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:31:07 +0100 Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D310174593C@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Was Freud a Minivan or S.U.V. Kind of Guy? Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:29:18 +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
Ok, I think I've finally understood what he's saying, but I still think, so
what?
I'm tempted to go into another attempt to explain why I don't think this
offers anything helpful, but I'll try and keep it short, and try a different
tack. What it boils down to, for me, is that it simply replaces one set of
categorisations (of whatever discipline, or disciplines you like) for
another. However alliterative and pleasant to say one makes these terms
(all the Bs :-)) how does that actually get 'behind', 'underneath' etc. etc.
except to make rather obvious statements that humans are limited
perceptually by being human, and that we construct the world in terms of a
basic categorisation of same/different?
Vincent
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> From: Wade T.Smith
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:30 pm
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> Subject: RE: Was Freud a Minivan or S.U.V. Kind of Guy?
>
> On 07/19/00 08:33, Chris Lofting said this-
>
> >ALL external phenomena (and for that matter internal) is ONLY explainable
> >within the context set by our senses and they operate by making
> >SAMENESS/DIFFERENCE distinctions which lead to the generalisations of
> >objects and relationships. That is it. All of our tools, Mathematics in
> >particular, can be shown to have developed from these fundamentals.
>
> There- Chris said it- his main proposition- in one paragraph.
>
> Take it or leave it.
>
> - Wade
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