[lit-ideas] Re: The continuation of Realpolitik -- a counterfactual
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 14:09:39 -0230
Didn't Aristotle maintain there are (at least) two different categories of
inquiry: one which permitted of truth of the unchanging via demonstration of
necessity, the other permitting judgement only in the qualitative and scalar
terms of "for the most part" and "usually, in such circumstances" ? The former
category he named "epistemce," the latter "deliberation." Is it that the
intelligence required to categorize inquiry in such terms "thinks in degrees
instead of categories"?
Walter O.
MUN
Quoting Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>:
> "Intelligence might be defined as the ability to consider complexity and
> think in degrees instead of categories."
>
> Which leaves out just about everybody. It's the sheep that make the
> world go round.
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 5/24/08, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The continuation of Realpolitik -- a counterfactual
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008, 3:02 AM
>
>
> That some people, even a majority if truth be told, frame issues in black and
> white white terms, does not confine judgment or moderation to those terms.
> Intelligence might be defined as the ability to consider complexity and think
> in degrees instead of categories.
>
>
> John
>
>
> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM, David Wright <wright@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> What degree of judgement or moderation is to be found in Thou Shalt
> Not...? Only that of the person Thouing...
>
> d.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:46 AM, David Wright <wright@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> Actually, my intent is...
>
> If we choose to allow the restriction of others' freedoms based upon
> accordance with our own beliefs, or societal norms
> Then, we must be willing to submit the allowance/restriction our own freedoms
> to the beliefs of others, or societal norms
>
>
> clear as chocolate mousse,
> d.
>
>
> As with most either-ors, the distinction is overdrawn, leaving no room for
> degree, for judgment or moderation. Piffle.
>
>
> John
>
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> John McCreery
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