Sally, Gary: The exploration of the term 'debate' was of significant value. The value of debate, it seems to me, is heavily context dependent. I agree that often, when the bipolar opposites are firmly held, the act of debating is often futile. More frequently, the polarizations are not so fixed and hence debate becomes a way to inform ourselves.
I do think some thought should be given to the "internal debate" within ourselves which I view as closely related to inquiry. This can, on occasion, lead to stalemate. For example, I have been debating with myself for the past month on the relations between "collective" and "distributive" in the context of 'communicational communities'. A complete stalemate exists. I have no idea what this phrase might mean logically or socially. Good job! Sally! Cheers Jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]
