Ade, This reminded me of some reading I'm doing of Peirce's thinking:
> Hello ? > All humas are symbolic animals. > Those which developed a division between their psychic nature and > non-psychic nature had a dynamic function to multiply symbols. > > > This process developed in the East also but it lacked the dynamic function. > > > So the trouble lies in the dynamic function. That is to say, it isn't a > trouble at all. > > *http://www.cspeirce.com/menu/library/aboutcsp/auspitz/escape.htm To repeat: Peirce's motive in providing explicitly for the free, forward play of mind was to give prominence to hypothesis in scientific discovery. Instead of stifling the bold, speculative leap, Peirce wished to find ways to encourage and discipline it. He did so out of a faith in the human capacity to guess correctly. As he saw it, the progress of science testified to a reality present in both the human mind and the order of the universe. Science did not proceed merely in small inductive increments but in imaginative theorizing in which our use of signs in their general aspects enabled us to participate in a natural order that was itself evolving toward greater generality. Sounds like Quality thinking to me! John Hello John, The words i used are a hypothesis of mine derived from what Jung says. He doesn't talk about a dynamic function to multiply symbols, but the division seems to be performing this task. It's not easy going. A mind divided against itself can become neurotic, painful, and all the rest of it. But it's the price that is paid for the acceleration of symbols. I think this supports those who find it supports them. I don't know why i have to tippy toe around like a criminal, but i'm thinking that if i am tacit i won't fill up my quota. Maybe we could use the word custard as a symbol for what can't be mentioned more than twice daily. I think Jung supports custard and when i realised this i felt better because i had real problems with custard until then. It's a great feeling when that happens and i hope custard feels good also. Regarding Peirce, i am not very familiar with the precise details of his ideas. I've come into contact with them because they are widely used by those who write about culture. I'll try and read what you've recommended. So many recommendations. It's hard to keep up. Hope to continue with this. Thank you Ade 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
