[Inquiry] Re: Riddle Of The Sphynx

Jon Awbrey jawbrey at att.net
Mon Mar 15 12:06:14 CST 2004


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ROTS.  Note 2

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Guide for the Perplexed:

Phenomenology => Appearance
Ontology      => Reality

Tri to keep that in mind.
Sure, just you tri!

Jon Awbrey

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Bernard Morand wrote:
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> A 08:08 15/03/2004 -0500, Jon Awbrey a écrit :
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> >ROTS.  Note 1
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> >The nice thing about epi*cyclic discourse
> >is that you get to use your old writings
> >over and over (and over)* ...
> >
> >| | On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Jon Awbrey wrote:
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> >| | | | Normative science rests largely on phenomenology and on mathematics;
> >| | | | Metaphysics on phenomenology and on normative science.
> >| | | |
> >| | | | C.S. Peirce, CP 1.186 (1903)
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> >| | |
> >| | |                          o Metaphysics
> >| | |                         /|
> >| | |                        / |
> >| | |                       /  |
> >| | |    Normative Science o   |
> >| | |                     / \  |
> >| | |                    /   \ |
> >| | |                   /     \|
> >| | |      Mathematics o       o Phenomenology
> >| | |
> >|
> >| Oh look!
> >| A creature that walks on three legs.
> >| It must be getting toward afternoon!
> >|
> 
> Yes a wonderful one.
> If such a creature had three legs, it would probably appear to have three
> eyes too. Umberto Eco makes the question about knowing where someone would
> need his third eye localized. An interesting case would be to place it at
> the end of the index finger in order to see everything in all directions
> without moving our whole bodies.
> But what if this third eye is then directed towards the two others?
> 
> Bernard
> 
> >| Cheers,
> >|
> >| Jon Awbrey
> >

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