Rod Hay wrote: > And no one has answered my question. How is it possible to have relations > when there is nothing to relate? ________________ This is the fundamental epistemological difference between us. You, on the one hand, are insisting that there must be atoms existing independently *before* they could relate to each other. Our point is that atoms have no existence independent of the relations--they come into existence in and only through relations. This is the fundamental difference between the reductionist and the holistic thinking, in my opinion. In the context of subject, everybody understands that we wear masks in our daily practical life. The point we are making is that when you start taking off these masks one after another you realize that all you have is masks, there is no pure face behind these masks. I have been very busy, and still am, for the last few days and that's why could not attend to e-mails yesterday, and would be responding only briefly today. Cheers, ajit sinha > >
