[MD] Intellectual Level

[MarshaV]

Dave,

If you read 'reifying carrots' thread, most of my examples 
of reification come from a Buddhist perspective.  I think this 
is quite appropriate when one considers the MoQ may 
be considered a bridge between Western Science and 
Eastern Insight.

Wikipedia is not the sole source of information.  There are 
also many books available, and I read.   


Marsha
 
 
 
 


On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:46 AM, David Thomas wrote:

> On 9/18/10 11:57 PM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> Reification is represents my reasoning for labeling intellectual static
>> patterns of value a product of subject/object thinking.  The 'reifying
>> carrots' thread I have presented many examples, primarily Buddhist, but also
>> others, explaining the process.  Here is one such example:
> 
> In linguistics
> Main article: Abstraction (linguistics)
> Reification, also called hypostatization, might be considered a formal
> fallacy whenever an abstract concept, such as "society" or "technology" is
> treated as if it were a concrete object. In linguistics this is called
> metonymy, in which abstract concepts are referred to using the same sorts of
> nouns that signify concrete objects. Metonymy is an aspect of the English
> language and of other languages. It can blur the distinction between
> abstract and concrete things:
> 1805: Horatio Nelson (Battle of Trafalgar) - "England expects that every man
> will do his duty"
> [wikipedia]
> 
> I guess basing one's general understanding of reality on a formal fallacy
> does have a certain boldness about it.
> 
> Dave
> 
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