From: "Tobin Nellhaus" <nellhaus-AT-gis.net> Subject: Re: BHA: negativity wins Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:58:11 -0500 Howard-- Just to pipe in for a second.... > But that's not really > accurate -- words represent, I act based on my interpretation of them. Well, but interpretations are networks of words or other signs. And if you act "based on" them, what does "based on" mean? Are you not admitting that signs are causal power -- not the only causal power, sure, but a causal power nonetheless. Remember that CR/DCR works with causal criteria for existence: something is real if and only if it is causal. If you admit that ideas and representations are real, they must be causal. > Sticks and stones will break my bones but > words will never hurt me. Thanks heavens -- emotional and psychological abuse has just been wished out of existence. --- Tobin Nellhaus nellhaus-AT-mail.com "Faith requires us to be materialists without flinching": C.S. Peirce --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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