Hi Mary, I wonder what this post is about. It is my understanding that to take an idea, like Radical Empiricism which is a hypothetical construct, and to state that it is concretely demonstrable is a form of reification. Do you think I am wrong?
Marsha On Sep 4, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Mary wrote: >> ... "Justice is blind; the blind cannot read printed laws; therefore, to > print laws cannot serve justice." > > Justice will never be served for poor Justice if she cannot read the laws of > justice. > > Oh, the injustice of it all! > > > >> >> 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 ___ 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
