Whoa ... Marsha, Margaret ... Ron et al Ian is very "impressed" with Nagarjuna, Ian does indeed have "middle-way" tattoo'ed on his buttocks, and "excluded-middle" imprinted any-which-way you slice me .....
I used that phrase - quoting Ron's words - AGAINST those who see all this rational objective rigour as the goal of our critical analysis - was using it to contrast DMB's claims for rigour againts my (sic) "drivel" in this case. It's the meme I have been railing against since long before I even read ZMM, or anything remotely philosophical. Don't shoot the messenger. Ian On 7/23/08, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet > > > > 'grasping for concrete meanings' > > > > what does that sound like to you marsha? > > > > > > Hi Margaret, > > The conventional view. Well, it is hard to believe Ian wasn't more > impressed by Nagarjuna. But it's difficult to break those cultural > glasses. I've really worked at it, and I'm not convinced it's mine > thoroughly inside-out. And I'm sure all too often my language sounds like > the old view. But I would have thought the "middle way" would have really > attracted him. He so found of the excluded-middles. > > Marsha > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of david > > > buchanan > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:22 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet > > > > > > > > > > > > Ian said: > > > At the risk of winding DMB up further, but I'm serious, I think > > > the idea of "rigorous" argument is part of the Giant - one reason > > > I personally prefer conceptual slipping - lateral thinking of > > > sorts - and joining up dots not otherwise connected in logical, > > > causal ways. Traditional "rigour" grasps for those concrete meanings. > > > > > > dmb replied: > > > Right. You're not a clueless, drivel-spewing weasel. You're just > > > trying to be free of the Giant. Yea, that ought to save face. And > > > you can be certain that people will believe it In fact, that's > > > gotta be one of the most believable things I ever heard. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
