Platt ... dare I say "excluded middles" Of course I don't reject the value of logic. What I reject is the is the idea that there is only one kind of either/or logic and the idea that it is the only, exclusive basis, of rationalising what might be "known". It's only one part of a more wonderful story.
To be wise and enlightened is to know that you are uncertain - gav said it better - I'm absolutely uncertain about that ;-) Oh I see the self-contradictions alright - I keep pointing out the recursions and paradoxical logic. The difference is I see the value, something to embrace, you see only a problem, something to reject. I'm positively pragmatic, you are negatively, cynically skeptical. Cup half full vs cup not full = empty (or half empty to some people) Ian On 6/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Ah yes Platt, the old ones are the best ... the axiom that there are no > > axioms. > > > > We cannot be "certain" Platt, in any sense that would satisfy a person > > who refuses to see the value in recursion, we can only be wise and > > enlightened, as I actually said. > > > > Ian > > You seem to be certain that "we can only be wise and enlightened." I presume > you do not see the self-contradiction because you do not accept the value > of logic. Further, I presume it's fruitless to define "wise" and > "enlightened." > Thus, I conclude your statement is meaningless. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > 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/
