[Inquiry] Re: Blocks On The Road Of Inquiry -- Discussion

[Jon Awbrey]

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BOTROI.  Discussion Note 2

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TG = Tom Gollier

Re: BOTROI 7.  http://stderr.org/pipermail/arisbe/2004-March/001877.html
Or: BOTROI 7.  http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2004-March/001289.html

TG: Not only a gradual shift from "subjects and predicates
    as essentially different kinds of entities" to "terms
    that are categorized at the same level of syntax";
    but also the elimination of middle terms, the
    conceptual glue that held it all together.
    To put it in terms of the Popper article
    I've been looking at, such concepts used
    to tie the descriptive facts of the minor
    premise to the argumentative facts of the
    conclusion.  But alas, along with God,
    they seem to have died.

Tom,

We're talking logic, not 'rumeurs de mise'.
Nothing was lost, but lots were gained.
The spirit of apophansis suffuses the
logically significant expression as
much as it ever did, in fact, its
bond is reinvigorated with new
levels of generative power.
Nothing has been given up
but certain illusions of
local attribution as to
where the logos abides.

Jon Awbrey

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