From: Paul Turner (pauljturner@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 19:01:23 BST
Hi Wim and Sam
Post written in a rush, please see amendments in BOLD!
Paul
--- Paul Turner <pauljturner@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi
Wim and Sam
> With regard to the distinction between the 3rd and
> 4th
> levels, has the distinction between 'particular' and
> 'universal' or 'general' be explored?
>
> IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE, social patterns of value may
be considered
> 'particular' - this place, that river, this horse,
> that light up there - and as such requires no
> 'symbolic' level, it is always related to particular
> experience. Social interaction such as communication
> and limited learning can happen through specifics -
> words for particular experience, copying rituals,
> making copies of artifacts and weapons, learning the
> 'geography' of your environment, even copying
> cooking
> and hunting techniques.
>
> IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE, Intellectual patterns of value
are 'universal' or if
> you prefer 'general' - location, rivers, horses,
> stars
> - and then onto 'abstract' patterns - freedom,
> justice
> - and things like geometry, astronomy, mathematics
> and
> philosophy.
>
> What do you think?
>
> cheers
>
> Paul
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