File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_2002/lyotard.0205, message 120


Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 03:33:27 +1100
From: hbone <hbone-AT-optonline.net>
Subject: Re: openings onto the preface



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From: Judy <jaw-AT-earthlink.net>
To: <lyotard-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:22 AM

Judy/All,

I thought isomorph was a postmodern term.  Not so.

Main Entry: iso·mor·phic
Pronunciation: "I-s&-'mor-fik
Function: adjective
Date: 1862
1 a : being of identical or similar form, shape, or structure <isomorphic
crystals> b : having sporophytic and gametophytic generations alike in size
and shape
2 : related by an isomorphism <isomorphic mathematical rings>
- iso·mor·phi·cal·ly /-fi-k(&-)lE/ adverb


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> >By analogy, I read L.s approach to phrases as a scientific investigation,
> >and the power attributed to phrases in controlling our lives as useful
> >metaphor, similar to
> >genes, and similar also to deities and narratives in religion and myth.
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >Hugh
> >
> >
>
> A postmodern paralogical investigation.  For me, that's a helpful
> analogy.  Isomorph?
> Judy
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