[MD] Reifying carrots, causality and the law of gravity

[MarshaV]

corrected...  again...  

On Dec 5, 2010, at 12:48 PM, david buchanan wrote:

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> John said:
> ... "cause and effect" are human tools of understanding, correct?  Tools that work reliably most of the time.  But don't take the concept fundamentally.  That would be bad metaphysics, no? Or as dmb likes to put it (prolly cuz he thinks it makes him sound cool) "reify." ...I mean, everybody does, right? .. Even tho it's admittedly degenerate,  we all reify. Ironically tho!  See?  That makes all the difference.
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> dmb says:
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> If all conceptualizations were reifications and if everybody does it, then reification is just another word for conceptualization. If reified concepts include any and all concepts, then the word "reify" has no meaning. 



Marsha:
Try taking James's advice to meditate.  Maybe you get a hint...   




 
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