Frances, I do understand (and know) all that (philosophy 101). It is very clearly put. But that was not exactly the point, so I'm taking the liberty to write to you privately.
Best Luc www.lucdelannoy.com www.neuroartes.org --- On Thu, 10/9/08, Frances Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Frances Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Analogy? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 1:46 PM > Frances to Luc... > It was not my intent to compare angloamerican studies > against > each other or to imply any analogy. The pairs of passages > you > quote however do seem to be confused. If your request is > correctly understood by me, my intent was to make an > umbrella > genus under which falls species. My main philosophic > support is > currently realism, and specifically that brand of realism > called > idealist realism, and an idealist realism as practiced by > angloamerican philosophers. The angloamerican philosophy of > idealist realism furthermore has several theoretical > branches, > one of which is naturalist pragmatism. Under this kind of > pragmatism there is also several fields or doctrines, such > as the > formal science of phenomenology or phaneroscopy and > phanerics as > it is often called, and then phenomenology holds such > theories as > synechastics and categorics. The theory of semiotics would > also > fall under pragmatism, but not under phenomenology. The > term > angloamerican is used merely to differentiate its > philosophy and > phenomenology and sign theory from that of the > francoeuropean > kinds. Under angloamerican pragmatist philosophy, its > idealism > posits an infinite continuity to the world, and its realism > posits a continuing world of action, and its naturalism > posits a > cause to action, and its pragmatism posits a purpose to > action. > Under pragmatism there are also further subordinate > theories such > as objective relativism and fallibilism for example. If my > response here fails to address your point, perhaps you > could > clarify your request a little more.
