Clark, List,
Sorry, I think, I have had a misunderstanding based on the problem of translating "power" to German: "Macht" (mightiness) is only the power, a human or an institution has to achieve their particular iterests, but English "power" is a much more general term: In this case perhaps a uni
Peircers,
What makes an object is a perennial question.
I can remember my physics professors bringing
it up in a really big way when I was still just
a freshman in college. They always cautioned us
then about extrapolating our everyday intuitions
about everyday objects beyond their native realm
Jeff, thanks for this, as (like Gene's post) it takes the thread in new
directions that I hadn't anticipated, but would like to follow. My time to do
that is limited today, but I can make a few rather general comments.
The Chuangtse quote is a favorite of mine because it encapsulates one of t
