Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id VAA26586 (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 21:38:20 GMT From: <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:41:03 -0600 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <3ABCC00F.4864.98D2B@localhost> In-reply-to: <20010324150411.D1030@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3ABB4013.26009.5A8920@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:22:43PM -0600 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 24 Mar 2001, at 15:04, Robin Faichney wrote:
> 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?
>
I can't think of a single word that means the exact same thing to all
who use it.
>
> --
> Robin Faichney
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