[MD] The Intellectual Level of Quality,

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Dave,

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:37 AM, David Thomas <
combinedefforts at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >[Xacto]
> > RMP asked for some proof of Egyptian cultures use of
> > long chain of deductions before the Greeks.
>
> If (1+1=  ) is an IPOV. (abstract symbolic thought)
> And solving this equation is an intellectual event.
> Doesn't that make most 1st graders budding intellectuals?


Steve:
It means that they are participating in some intellectual patterns (to the
extent that 1+1=2 could be applied as justification for action rather than
just being itself the action of echoing this sentence).

Best,
Steve