Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:46:27 +1000
From: Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan-AT-qut.edu.au>
Subject: 5C was Re: BHA: Re: Begin the Dialectic


At 16:38 12/07/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Gary--
>
>I think that was a really fine synopsis on the dialectic and its relation to
>the levels of DCR, and no, I don't remember you posting it previously.
>Maybe it should go on the CR web site?  One small note: you rightly
>emphasize that for RB, totality is radically open.  There appears to be a
>word missing in your paragraph, so maybe this is what you meant to say, but
>I think it's useful to bear in mind that RB often talks about *partial*
>totalities, examples of which include societies and individuals.  Also, do
>you have any suggestions on how the (to me, still quite sketchy) fifth level
>of DCR fits into RB's concept of dialectic?
>
>Thanks, T.
>
Hi Tobin, thank you for these kind words.  Now I have deliberately stayed
away from 5C or the Fifth Level as suggested in Plato ETC.  I have not made
my mind up about this, but my inclination is to regard the suggestion of
this level as an unnecessary move on Bhaskar's part.  I would have thought
that the Third Level or 3L of the original schema would have given us all
the context we need.  But I need to give this one some serious thought.  As
I say I am open on this question.

warm regards

Gary


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