I have no interest in discussing this with. I wish you well. - Marsha
On Sep 4, 2010, at 10:55 AM, david buchanan wrote: > > Marsha said: Radical Empiricism is a reified concept. > > > > dmb replies: > > It's pretty clear that you do not even understand the meaning of the term > "reification", let alone radical empiricism. > > "Reification (also known as hypostatisation, concretism, or the fallacy of > misplaced concreteness) is a fallacy of ambiguity, when an abstraction > (abstract belief or hypothetical construct) is treated as if it were a > concrete, real event, or physical entity. In other words, it is the error of > treating as a "real thing" something which is not a real thing, but merely an > idea. For example: if the phrase "holds another's affection", is taken > literally, affection would be reified. > Note that reification is generally accepted in literature and other forms of > discourse where reified abstractions are understood to be intended > metaphorically, but the use of reification in logical arguments is usually > regarded as a mistake (fallacy). For example, "Justice is blind; the blind > cannot read printed laws; therefore, to print laws cannot serve justice." In > rhetoric, it may be sometimes difficult to determine if reification was used > correctly or incorrectly. > Pathetic fallacy or anthropomorphic fallacy is a subset of reification, where > the idea is not only treated as being alive, but as being intelligent and > human-like. > Etymology: From Latin res thing + facere to make, reification can be > 'translated' as thing-making; the turning of something abstract into a > concrete thing or object." > > If you want to communicate with english-speaking people, you gotta get rid of > the belief that it's okay to have your own private definitions. > > > > > 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/md/archives.html ___ 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/md/archives.html
