Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:24:36 +0800
Subject: Re: Gestell
From: Malcolm Riddoch <m.riddoch-AT-ecu.edu.au>



On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 01:47  PM, Anthony Crifasi wrote:

> Textual evidence for this being Gestell?

Heidegger's Nietzsche.

> In that case, this set up is hardly modern, but was around 2300 years 
> ago when Aristotle distinguished true sensations of independently 
> existing things from false appearances which depend on the knower.

Not in terms of modernity, rationalism and objective reality.

> And what of Michael Eldred's objection that behavioral "science" does 
> not exhibit the precalculative deterministic lawlike outcome-based 
> characteristics of the physical sciences, which has been discussed for 
> more than two weeks now? What about the difference between statistics 
> and lawlike determinstic pre-calculation that has been discussed for 
> more than two weeks now?

Not exactly compatible I'd imagine, but each to their own I say.

> It was in response to the following, so ask yourself the same question.

Yes, well very engaging Mr Crifasi. A tour de force of phiosophical and 
political critique.

Thank you for your valuable time.

mr



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