Hi Marsha! No biggie. Mainly trying to make a joke. Obviously, I failed! ... and yes, I think you are right!
Best, Mary > > 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 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
