John
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From: Fis [mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of Alex Hankey
Sent: December 24, 2016 6:02 AM
To: karl.javors...@gmail.com
Cc: bindem...@verizon.net; fis
Subject: Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 33, Issue 41: On the relation between
information and meaning
RE: &quo
Gestalt
Alex asks to contribute to his writing on Gestalt, based on Vedic teachings
relating to how we memorise texts. Not knowing anything about the Vedic
part of it, let me summarise what used to be accepted wisdom on Gestalt in
psychology: this without any claim to completeness or correctness
I meant to send this not only to Karl (which I did) but to Alex and to the
rest of the group as well.
> What a fascinating analysis into the many aspects of gestalt, Karl!
>
> I would like to comment on your statement that “the idea of gestalt
> transcends the language in which it can be sa
RE: "The same situation is here with gravitation. We have a name for
it, can measure it and integrate the concept - more or less seamlessly
– into a general explanation. We just do not know, in an
epistemological sense, what gravitation is. We have to take the
normative power of the factual serious
On 24/12/2016, Karl Javorszky wrote:
> Information and Wittgenstein
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> We should keep the self-evident in focus and refrain from descending into a
> philosophical nihilism. We are, after all, reasonable people, who are able
> to use our intelligence while communicating, and usually we underst
Information and Wittgenstein
We should keep the self-evident in focus and refrain from descending into a
philosophical nihilism. We are, after all, reasonable people, who are able
to use our intelligence while communicating, and usually we understand each
other quite well. The idea, that informa
Dear Steve,
You write
"But in later years he eventually recognized that the possibility of relating
propositions in language to facts concerning the world could not in itself be
proved. Without proof, the house of cards collapses. Once the validity of using
language to describe the world ini a r
I would like to contribute to the current ongoing discussion regarding the
relation between information and meaning. I agree with Dai Griffiths and others
that the term information is a problematic construction. Since it is often used
as an example of fitting the details of a specific worldly si
