On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:45:06AM -0400, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Russell, > > One of the first things I intend to do when I have retired in January is > read book with titles like yours, but until then, you will need to wave > excerpts at me or something.
That's why the paper might be up your alley. Also Chapter 1 of my book is also available at http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks/ToN-chapter1.pdf and is a precis of the main argument in the book. > > Do you know anything about the New Realism of the 1910's at Harvard. A > group of james students wrote a New Realist Manifesto which seems to have > been based on the Scottish Realism. Those students included Edward Holt, > who spawned jj and ej gibson (of ecological psych fame) and E. C. Tolman, > the inventor of cognitive behaviorism, and ultimately a traitor to the > cause in my opinion. > > The basic idea is that reality can be cut in various ways and different > observers SEE different cuts. All cuts are REAL properties of the object > but also manifestations of the point of view of the observor. To use terms > I am not real comfortable with, properties of things as seen by people are > both "out there" AND "in the head" of the observer. No, I hadn't heard of them, but the basic reasoning you mention sounds familiar. Cheers -- *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a virus. It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may safely ignore this attachment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) Mathematics 0425 253119 (") UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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