Russell Standish wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 04:32:37PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > > > Le 21-nov.-06, à 03:42, Tom Caylor a écrit : > > > > > > > 1. What is the purpose of this 0-person? What role does it play? As > > > soon as we say it has a purpose or role, we've just instantiated it. > > > Why do you (or Plotinus) think we need it? > > > > > > > > The 0-person is the big whole. It is the "everything". A physicalist > > could say it is the whole UNIverse. A physicalist MW could say: it is > > the whole multiverse. It is something which could only be viewed from > > outside the universe: that is from nowhere. > > > > For anyone who has read my book, it should be obvious that this > 0-person view is what I call the 3rd person view in my book. (page 160) > > What Bruno is now calling the 3rd person point of view I label 1st > person plural. Bruno is now distinguishing several different types of 1st > person plural viewpoints. > > I believe I took an accurate snapshot of the terminological usage at > the time I wrote the book, but terminology in this field does have a > habit of moving on (and so it should). > > Cheers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Mathematics > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wait. The 0-person view is a view that none of us can take, so it can't be the 3rd person view or discourse. The 0-person view has no thought or discourse. It is the whole universe, or the whole of arithmetic truth... Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
