Mark:
As I am using these terms, naming particulars by attribution
would be identical to universals
or structurization. For instance, gender is a result of
attributing characteristics to people
defined (rightly or wrongly) as being one sex or the other. (I
say rightly or wrongly since
there is
Sandra,
At 02:23 AM 11/4/2004, you wrote:
Okay! It is fair to say that the process isn't without error... (haven't read
Hacking ... obviously)
I am not sure how error would fit in. As Aleister Crowley said, Do as thou wilt is
the whole of the law. Through expressing our wills, we
Mark, you said:
I am not sure how error would fit in. As Aleister Crowley said, Do as
thou wilt is the whole of the law. Through expressing our wills, we
collectively (in interaction with others) structurize our lifeworlds.
My intention is not to discuss the merits of his statement or the
Yes, I think that God's directive to name created things was, in effect,
an authorization to structurize creation.
I wonder then, as the Baha'i Era opened with a Book known as Qayyum-i-Asma
and that Asma is one of the Names of God, then that man has the implied
authority to name anew creation
Hi, Richard,
At 06:53 PM 11/4/2004, you wrote:
I wonder then, as the Baha'i Era opened with a Book known as Qayyum-i-Asma and that
Asma is one of the Names of God, then that man has the implied authority to name
anew creation which would include the inner world of himself, hence the explosion
