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[MarshaV]

Mark,

How about as antonym for 'reify'  "impermanent, interdependent,
ever-changing static pattern of value"?  


Marsha   


On May 17, 2011, at 2:35 AM, MarshaV wrote:

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> Greetings Mark,
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> On May 16, 2011, at 10:36 PM, 118 wrote:
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>> Hi Marsha,
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>> Sometimes what a word means to one can be seen by what antonym one
>> chooses for it.  Therefore, I challenge you to present an antonym for
>> reify or any of its derivatives.  You may find this difficult since an
>> antonym of such a thing is a reification in itself (if I get your
>> drift about this concept).  Therefore unreify or deriefy or areify are
>> nonsense and do not exist.
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> Speaking conventionally, I would choose 'interconnectedness' as a 
> antonym.  But of course words, with their definition like a cage, 
> reify.   
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>> What you may find, however, is that the antonym of reify is a finger
>> pointing right at Dynamic Quality.  Does this help at all with the
>> reify concept?
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> Thanks for the help.  
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> Marsha
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>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:56 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Hi Mark,
>>> 
>>> I am sure you are sick of my posts, but I had this article from the
>>> interent that might explain more of my understanding of reification
>>> from a Buddhist point-of-view.  Here's a little bit quoted from
>>> the article and the url:
>>> 
>>> "To reify is usually defined as mistakenly regarding an abstraction as a thing. It is derived from the Latin word res meaning 'thing'.
>>> 
>>> Reification in Western philosophy means treating an abstract belief or hypothetical construct as if it were a concrete, physical entity. In other words, it is the error of treating as a "real thing" something which is not a real thing, but merely an idea.
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>>> In Buddhist philosophy the concept of reification goes further. Reification means treating any functioning phenomenon as if it were a real, permanent 'thing', rather than an impermanent process."
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>>> http://seanrobsville.blogspot.com/2009/12/reification-in-buddhism-ultimate-and.html
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>>> Marsha
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