Hi, Sandra, At 01:47 PM 11/3/2004, you wrote: >>By "Reality" do you iintend percieved reality ? And, if so, can it be assumed that >>the "process of naming" is based on recognizable attributes of a particular or >>universal ?<<
By "reality," I am referring to divinely and socially constructed reality, not objective reality, which refers to particulars. >>Your modified abstract states: "The problems of realism, nominalism, particularism, >>and conceptualism are transcended by defining universals as **names** for >>structurizations,<< In the most recent version of it, I have removed that reference to realism, nominalism, particularism, and conceptualism and replaced it with a reference to Ian Hacking's dynamic nominalism. Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
