Peter Ramus. "'Reform'" in scare quotes is about right. Ramus didn't exactly advance logic. --jks .> >Louis's discussion of Java reminded me of the effect of (Peter? Philip?) >Ramus's 16th century "reform" of Aristotlean dialectcs, as chronicled by >Walter Ong. In a nutshell, Ramus made dialectic more "teachable" by >reforming it into a vast hierarchy of dichotomies. The resulting knowledge >may be crap but it can be tested to make sure it's the _right_ crap and not >just any old crap. > > >Tom Walker (604) 947-2213 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
