[Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - John Collier

2011-05-05 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Message from John Colier Hi all, This is interesting, as it brings up some ancient issues that continue to roil philosophy. I think that C.S. Peirce has the best answer to these puzzles (and does not eliminate the wonder). For his (realist) pragmatacism

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl

2011-05-05 Thread Rafael Capurro
well... not exactly. This is the way Hegel (and others) looked at it, discarding the 'singulars' or including them into the particulars and so creating a dialectics of the universal and the particular. Kierkegaard was not at all happy with this. What I am trying to say (quoting Octavio Paz) is

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language]

2011-05-05 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Participants are reminded the rule of only two messages per week!! ---Pedro Rafael Capurro escribió: well... not exactly. This is the way Hegel (and others) looked at it, discarding the 'singulars' or including them into the particulars and so creating a dialectics of the universal and the

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - John Collier

2011-05-05 Thread joe.bren...@bluewin.ch
Dear John, The reference you cited looks like essential reading and I have ordered it. Thank you for calling it to our attention. I believe, also, that the conventional view of meaning leads to its erasure, and this exactly why a Derridean view of writing (and speech) is required in which