>> SQUONK:This is a duality which may exist within this discussion group, and
>> there is
>> a third membership that is not here for very long before it leaves because
>> of
>> this duality:
>>
>> "There are two kinds of people in this world; those who think there are two
>> kinds of people and those who are smart enough to know better"
>> Robbins,"Still_Life_with_Woodpecker"'
>
>Well, how can i argue with Robbins? ;)
>I do feel there are two positions at odds with each other and these positions
>may be held by the same person at different times?
>Note that i say: 'This is a duality which may exist within this discussion
>group...'
ERIN: I just put that quote in because I thought it was humorous.
It criticizes people who divide up people into two kinds but
at the same time it is dividing people up into two groups.
>> SQUONK "just like the University staff in ZMM who wished to KNOW what
>> quality
>> is). "
>> "(Rather like Pheadrus in ZMM who felt
>> he had a metaphysical response to the epistemological question put by the
>> staff.) "
>>
>> ERIN: I feel you are confusing knowing and defining.
>> Phaedrus wanted to understand quality too--that is a form of
>> knowing even if you call it a metaphysical response.
>
>Pheadrus does not define quality.
>He does not know it either as quality is prior to 'him.'
>Pheadrus does however recognise that many cultures over many millennia point
>to quality, and cites the Greeks as an example.
>The University would not accept any definition outside of subjective or
>objective premises.
ERIN: Right the problem is "defining" quality.
But when you put the University as wanting to "know" quality I think
you could extend that to Phaedrus.
Thus my point was that I thought you were confusing defining
and knowing.
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