i think that natural language - language sensitive to and redolent of the sensuous world of phenomena - and a new level of precision in how we communicate ( a la mckenna ) are actually inseparable.
--- On Wed, 13/8/08, Matt Kundert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Matt Kundert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MD] SOM, what it is > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: Wednesday, 13 August, 2008, 11:42 AM > Hey, > > I don't pay attention much anymore, but I saw this: > > Ron said: > Why Essentialism seems so difficult to break from resides > in the grammar of our language, the logical predication and > ordering of concepts as laid out per Aristotle based on > those assumptions. But as Dmb says that is broken once > essentialism is rejected and natural language remains. > > Matt: > I would warn away from the idea of a "natural > language." You don't need it for any of the things > that you (or DMB, for that matter) are trying to say. I > don't think it can really pan out (much the same way any > other assertion of a "real" X over an > infectious/appearance Y--all just part of Plato's > essentialism). Better to stick to the idea that we need a > new and better language, not to get back to how language > really would be naturally (how would you know it if you saw > it?). > > Matt > _________________________________________________________________ > Your PC, mobile phone, and online services work together > like never before. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108587394/direct/01/ > 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/ Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset 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/
