Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:32:40 +0000 From: Mervyn Hartwig <mh-AT-jaspere7.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: BHA: Structures are not things that are true or false,even if Hegelian Marxists say so >it is wrong >to speak of one as having more reality than the other. Who's doing this? Mervyn In message <3FDA0D5D.28FDD38D-AT-ilstu.edu>, Carrol Cox <cbcox-AT-ilstu.edu> writes > > >"Moodey, Richard W" wrote: >> >> Hi Marsh, >> >> I don't know about Gunter, but one criterion I use is that water, but >>not mirages, satisfy my thirst. Actually, I should say that this is a >>criterion that I would use if the issue were to come up in my life -- >>I've never really seen a convincing mirage. (and I can't afford the >>plane ticket to take Gunter's tour) >> > >That is to say, the differing reality of mirage and water is contingent >on human need/desire. Independent of human need, it is not only wrong to >speak of truth or falsity in reference to mirage or water, it is wrong >to speak of one as having more reality than the other. They both simply >_are_. To say that a mirage is less real (or less true) than water is >the same as to say that a cockroach is less real than a Granny Smith >apple. > >Carrol > > > > --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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