Antiplatonist, Stephen?.... Well that begs the question... how much so (are you different from Plato)? Consider that "if" a Platonist maintains a Subjective view of Concepts and a Subjective view of References, then you could be antiplatonist either in the whole (Realist) or in part, halfway in two directions (Nominalist or Phenomenologist)... it's just the range of possibilities in my way of looking at it....
Platonist ...................................................Realist Concept (Subjective) / Reference (Subjective)---Concept (Objective) / Reference (Objective) Nominalist.................................................Phenomenologist Concept (Subjective) / Reference (Objective)-----Concept (Objective) / Reference (Subjective) I don't want to get bothersome with this, but what and how is it that you don't like about the Platonist view and how it regards this whole question brought up by Henri Bergson... does it have to do with the notion of "Spirit"? Let me start it this way.. how and what would you consider or define "Spirit" to be... a Concept(idea) or a Reference(Matter)?.... and next would you consider "Spirit" to be Subjective or Objective?... harder yet... what do you think Bergson says "Spirit" is and do you agree or disagree with him? On Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:05:35 PM UTC-5, stephenk wrote: > > On 12/22/2012 11:37 AM, nominal9 wrote: > > I read your post Craig.... I'm still trying to "unfold" it in my > thinking..... > Happy Holidays, in any event, for now.... > I will try to get back to answer more fully to your post, but... let me > think about it... Maybe, to help me better understand you, could you > self-identify your points as being consistent (more or less) with other > known writers or philosophers, including some branch thereof like > Phenomenologists, Idealist, Realist, Nominalist... or other? > > > Antiplatonists? ;-) > > Happy Holidays to you too, stephen.... > > > Happy Holidays to you as well. > > > On Friday, December 21, 2012 1:28:07 AM UTC-5, stephenk wrote: >> >> On 12/20/2012 12:50 PM, nominal9 <nom...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > *Matter and Memory* >> > >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia >> > Jump to: navigation >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_and_Memory#mw-head><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_and_Memory#mw-head> >> , >> > search >> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_and_Memory#p-search><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_and_Memory#p-search> >> >�� >> > The spirit is the abode of the past, the body >> > of the present; the soul or spirit always anchored in the past, not >> > residing in the present; lodged in the past and contemplating the >> present. >> > To have or take conscience of anything, means looking at it from the >> > viewpoint of the past, in light of the past. >> >> Hi nominal9, >> >> ��� Doesn't this seem backward somehow? Spirit should be considered >> to be in the future, looking back through the present to the Past, making >> sure that the body never behaves now in a way that is inconsistent with its >> past behavior. >> > > > > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/epistemology/-/Ru4w6PJo2cEJ. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
