From: "jamie morgan" <jamie-AT-morganj58.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: BHA: Structures are not things that are true or false,even if  Hegelian Marxists say so
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:26:03 -0000


But it is not a mirage without a mind to make it so (mirage is an act of
experience based in the interpretation of an event that in turn is
structured)

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From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox-AT-ilstu.edu>
To: <bhaskar-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: BHA: Structures are not things that are true or false,even if
Hegelian Marxists say so


>
>
> Mervyn Hartwig wrote:
> >
> >
> > Is a mirage false?
>
> Not in the least. A mirage is truly a mirage. It does not lie. The
> thirsty traveller misinterprets it, just as one misinterprets the
> doorway when one does not notice there is a two inch  drop; it can be
> disconcerting to have your foot come down two inches lower than
> 'expected.'
>
> This business of applying true/false to other than assertions by some
> agent is in my estimation plain silly; my eyes glaze over and I go read
> something else.
>
> Carrol
>
>
>
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