No significant is a quantitative and qualitative measure rooted in categorical differences (distinguishing characteristics) I.e. Those that are inherent and defining all else is subjective and can not be formulated as a proposition without the use of the pronoun I - as in I now know why ch. doesn't like my telegraphic style
Sent from my iPhone Please excuse grammar and spelling errors Expect everything - fear nothing - or did I get that backwards Saul ostrow 646 528 8537 On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:24 PM, ARMANDO BAEZA <[email protected]> wrote: > I find a million differences in humans yet they all have two arms/two legs/ > One head /One chest /one lumbar region/ and a pelvis and two ears/ > two eyes/ > two nostrils ten finger and toes /Etc. to me those are the areas > i can any > express or symbolize any meaning I wish with the the form, > ab > ________________________________ > From: Tom McCormack <[email protected]> > To: > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: > is list dead? > > I wrote: > >> Also: My name and address differentiate me from > anyone else in the world. >> Would you call them my "essence"? > > Saul then > advanced his description of his notion of 'essence' from "the > essence of > something being the minimal >> >> conditions that allow us to distinguish it > from another thing" to > >> "the essence of something being the minimal >> > conditions that allow us to distinguish it from another thing (of a >> > different kind or order)." > > But Saul also wrote: >> >> If that combination is > the most significant difference we might identify >> then I would say yes > > This > is troublesome because the whole game of coming up with this stipulative > definition of 'essence' now rides on a person's notion of "significant". I see > a circle trembling on the horizon: > >> - though I do not think there is any > essential >> difference between one human and another - though there may be > between the >> quality of their life - this is why I chose a phenomenal rather > than a >> linguistic criteria - i.e. the essence of something being the minimal >> conditions that allow us to distinguish it from another thing (of a >> > different kind or order) - > > An "essential difference" is needed to make > something an essence. And how do > we determine if something is "essential"? We > see if it is "significant". And > how do we determine if something is > "significant"? Well, it's significant if > it means something is of a "different > kind or order". And how do we determine > that? Well, it's of a different kind > or order if it makes for a different > essence. Oy.
