Mark, I just offered it as something to think about.
Marsha On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:39 PM, 118 wrote: > Greetings, > > I have before me "Mysterio's Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring: A > complete compendium of Astonishing Illusions". Mysterio died suddenly > in 1936. There is a possibility that he died as a result of deciding > to publish an encyclopedia of trade secrets in 1936. However, sadly > Mysterio died during one of his performances. Therefore I caution > anybody who cares to reveal what an illusion is, to be cautious and > not perform any magic tricks again. Always check your car brakes, and > never leave a drink unattended at a spontaneous warehouse party. > > Having said that, I am not a magician. Many have claimed that an > illusion is something that does not exist. This is termed a delusion > (and Horse agrees). An illusion must be of something recognizable. > Therefore an illusion must be of something real. If it is real, then > it exists. If it exists, then it is not a delusion, but a mistake in > awareness. When we speak of illusion, it is always necessary to state > what something is an illusion of. Otherwise the sentence does not > point to anything and one is left hanging in the rafters of some magic > performance that somehow went bad. > > Regards, > Mark > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 1:00 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> >> Here's one way to analyze the concept of illusion as presented by Miri >> Albahari: >> >> "I begin by analysing the concept of ILLUSION and then in a later section, >> that of a CONSTRUCT. The possible application of these concepts to the self >> will become apparent as discussions proceeds. >> >> "Most generally, an illusion involves a conflict between appearance and >> reality. Sometimes, X, appears to be the case, but there is something about >> X that does not reflect reality, it MISLEADS the person to whom it appears. >> In other works, X PURPORTS, through the appearance, to exist in a particular >> manner, than X does NOT REALLY exist in the purported manner. More formally: >> >> "When X purports (through a medium of appearance) to exist in manner F, >> to person P, X-as-F is illusory when X does not really exist in manner F." >> >> --- >> >> >> This analysis of illusion is to be applied to the question of the difference >> between 'self' and 'sense of self'. >> >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> >> 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
