Hi Ian I see concepts and definitions as always having a double action. They help certain differences to step forward and be seen better and more easilybut therefore pushing others back and so obscuring them. Hence the benefits of being able to see experience in different ways like SOM and MOQ.
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Heads or tails? > Platt said > >> ... but without [definition] >> we couldn't understand one another at all. > > That is patently untrue. We value and understand many things by shared > aesthetic experience. Definition is something done with hindsight - > for good pragmatic simplification reasons, in context etc ... but it > is not at all "necessary" for understanding. > > It is "always" a compromise, a dumbing down, a devaluing, and is far > from necessary. > > Ian > 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
