[MD] Reductionism

[John Carl]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Krimel <Krimel at krimel.com> wrote:

I am honestly trying to be non-pedantic here Krimel, but "Concepts are
static" and "conceptual systems are organic; they change and grow"
 contradict.   Unless "concepts" are completely different than "conceptual
systems", which doesn't make any sense to me seeing as how every concept
includes some systemic matrix for meaning and every conceptual system is
also a concept, in and of itself.


[Krimel]
> Concepts are static. Percepts are dynamic. It is never one or the other.
> They are always interacting. A motorcycle is a concept made perceptible. We
> have transformed our world from what it was, into what we thought it ought
> to be.
>
> James was talking about empiricism versus rationalism and claimed we need
> both but when our concepts run too far ahead of our percepts trouble
> ensues.
> He maintained that in the end conception had to yield to perception.
> Concepts have to be "sensible".
>
> Piaget extended this to children showing how children's conceptual
> development was shaped by maturation and both the quantity and quality of
> experience. The conceptual system grows by assimilating new ideas or
> accommodating to them.
>
> Conceptual systems are not fixed entities. They are organic. They grow and
> adapt; changing throughout our lives. Sometimes we are guided by conceptual
> patterns and habit; other times we are on our toes.
>
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