I ceertainly would'nt discard quality as a concept, but merely mean that I would 'put the tool down and try another' when the tool doesn't have *apparent* utility. as regards the absoluteness of any statement such as "there is absolutely no such thing as absolute" - I have no problem with this, and it isn't the paradox it seems, given that no-one (to the best of my knowledge) can make such a statement 'absolutely'; the best one could could say is "to the best of my knowledge", which is a relative statement rather than an absolute one, and as such cannot be refuted on absolute, "is/is not" grounds. You can infer from this that,as I said in a previous skirmish with Struan, there is literally no way that anyone can prove (*to me*) the existence of any 'absolute' or 'objective' (same thing) truth; that is to say, there isn't a rational, logical proof which rests on totally impartial, bedrock material proofwhich can in itself be proven to be 'true' irrespective of individual bias. In effect, it's a nice idea, and more than that, an important cognitive tool /intrinsic intellectual system, but one canot 'prove' (in absolute terms) ANY bedrock, concrete, first-principle, 'primitive' "truth" at all. Educated conjecture and speculation as to assessment of the balance of probabilities, is all we have.......................I think, .....probably........ The one thing I could absolutely say is that "all paradoxes aren't really paradoxes.......... probably".........probably.cheers ppl Peter Lennox Hardwick House tel: (0114) 2661509 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ MD Queries - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
