Re: virus: Spirited away

B. Lane Robertson (metaphy@hotmail.com)
Fri, 03 Jul 1998 23:13:59 PDT


Ok, I think we are agreeing HERE... but somewhere
back, didn't we disagree (I think I implied that the
philosophy created an understanding which detailed
the structure which might stand for the philosophy:
You said that the philosophy was so many pretty
pictures and that the structure should be found...)?

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>I said-
>
>>In the same way gene is 'written' on a gene....
>
>And you said-
>
>>I think we will find or designate a
>>thing which follows our pre-supposed criteria for
>>"meme" and only after declaring it THUS will it
come
>>to stand for the concept pending modification in
>>both the understanding and the boundaries of the
>>thing so designated.
>
>Now, I'm not being overly curt here, but didn't you
just say in dozens of
>words what I said in a few, and aren't we actually
saying the same thing?
>Mind you, I have no intention of declaring that the
name creates the
>object....
>
>

B. Lane Robertson
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