Thanks, Elliot.
I don't want to give my answers right away. (I have more than one set.
All are historical, but from different fields).
On Thursday, June 13, 2002, at 10:09 PM, elliot hallmark wrote:
> Maggie,
>
> My reply email butchered the graph so i wont reproduce it.
Shucks. Without thinking too hard, what labels could you throw in there?
Did you have something that you might label point A? point C? D? You
tell us below that you'd label point B as "where the graph breaks off
from the immitation axis. When there was an individual choice, the
intellectual was born (when purposive rational action yielded to
symbolic interaction in the terms of jurgen habermas)."
>
> Where did it come from (where did you get those points and how did you
> decide they were particularly important, usually only asmptopes, apexes
> and inflection points are of particular intrest)?
intuition.
> you say it's a 2-d slice of a tornado, whats the thrid dimension?
That's the question. But if we were to fill in the blanks, and then
compare notes, we might find something.
> can someone rationally decided to immitate?
hold that thought.
>
> The asymptote (i cant spell at all, forgive me) at the top is
> particularly puzzling. at a certain level of immitation there is
> infinite choice?
that one, too.
> flip the tornado upsidedown and it makes more sense to me, but even
> that graph is flawed because with no immitation there can be no choice
> (not even any language with which to think or decide). Although, Many
> mysitcs claim freewill is just an illusion (or rather real, but caused
> by illusion), and that when one reaches enlightenement Quality
> determines ones actions (immitation of Quality?).
>
> The only point i can descern is where the graph breaks off from the
> immitation axis. When there was an individual choice, the intellectual
> was born (when purposive rational action yielded to symbolic
> interaction in the terms of jurgen habermas).
I wonder if that' s the first break. And that's the question that
prompted the graph.
>
> what are your answers to your question?
>
I have more than one. I'll send them tomorrow.
If this was a big test in school, and you HAD to fill in the blanks,
whether you liked the answers or not, what might you put in?
maggie
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