On Dec 5, 2010, at 12:48 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > John said: > ... "cause and effect" are human tools of understanding, correct? Tools that > work reliably most of the time. But don't take the concept fundamentally. > That would be bad metaphysics, no? Or as dmb likes to put it (prolly cuz he > thinks it makes him sound cool) "reify." ...I mean, everybody does, right? .. > Even tho it's admittedly degenerate, we all reify. Ironically tho! See? > That makes all the difference. > > dmb says: > > If all conceptualizations were reifications and if everybody does it, then > reification is just another word for conceptualization. If reified concepts > include any and all concepts, then the word "reify" has no meaning.
Marsha: Try taking James's advice to mediate. Maybe you get a hint... ___ 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
