Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA25353 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:10:03 GMT Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:04:11 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <20010324150411.D1030@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3ABA448D.5357.193296E@localhost>; <20010323112448.B1120@reborntechnology.co.uk> <3ABB4013.26009.5A8920@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3ABB4013.26009.5A8920@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:22:43PM -0600 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:22:43PM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> On 23 Mar 2001, at 11:24, Robin Faichney wrote:
>
> > It's obviously contradictory to say that an illusory thing can be
> > deluded. But perhaps reality is little more complicated: if the self
> > was sometimes real, and sometimes unreal, depending on the context and
> > therefore the exact meaning of the word, then I believe all these
> > contradictions could be resolved.
> >
> It would remove the contradiction if people would stop making the
> implicit assumption that existence is irrevocably tied to thinghood.
> That the self is No-Thing does not mean that it is nothing, nor does
> it mean that the self is any thing in particular. Selves exist; they
> are just not fixed, static things, like rocks and chairs.
Your idea of the self is quite well-defined, Joe -- as well-defined as
it can be, I think. But do you think that, when they use the word,
everyone else always means the same by it?
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