Pantagruel

I was just reading something by Mead that shed some light on this topic for me, as it offers a perspective on specialization and universe of discourse...

Mead's symbolic behaviourism is a systemic theory of embedded cognition which precedes the formal appearance of both embedding and systems. Ideas exis...

Actually, I just grew tired of what was obviously a one-sided discussion. @"unenlightened" obviously has more patience than me.

Yes, I saw how you cherry-picked the definition you used also. I surveyed a number of other definitions available online that did NOT offer that simpl...

Kindly do not misrepresent my position. I consider that a reportable offence. Logic is one constituent of reason. Reason most emphatically does NOT re...

Wow, that is short!

What I was referring to was the hermenutic circle, where the meaning of anything (word, concept, idea) is determined by the context in which it occurs...

I think that you have hit on a key idea here. Words are indeed polysemous, and in the very lively sense you allude to here. But it isn't necessarily i...

Yes, that is the challenge to which dialectic aspires. Hmmm. Can you arrive at correct conclusions from incorrect premises? Insofar as the conclusion ...

This says that logic is reasonable, not that reason is logical. If it is logical that if A then B, then it is reasonable to believe B given A. On the ...

It says reasonable precisely because reason does not reduce to mere logic. Otherwise it would have said logical.

Again, you fundamentally misconstrue. Dialectic presupposes disagreement.

Au contraire. It was a perfectly valid choice of a dialectical problem. It was never intended to be conclusive, only illustrative (as I have repeatedl...

"Many-valued logics are non-classical logics. They are similar to classical logic because they accept the principle of truth-functionality, namely, th...

Or else you simply failed to grasp it because it doesn't fit in your procrustean perspective..

Not at all. I am merely pointing out that it exists, in contrast with your claim that everything reduces to true and false. Cheers.

If by that you mean what they deserve, then :up:

Sure. And on the other hand, does it seem that Trump is driven by the welfare of his voter base?

Sure. But the essence of the man is the synthesis of all his past moments, so the synchronic condition still exists.

Yes, I picked that up...wrote my post before I saw yours.

But isn't this the entire nature of freedom as it is really experienced? Sartre characterizes us as theoretically free, but at the same time constrain...

That's because I am capable of dialectical reasoning. If A mans his post in the face of an attack, then A is brave. But A can man his post for a while...

Translation: X = Does Harry Hindu think (Y = there is a logic that doesn't suppose T/F)? Interpretation 1: Harry Hindu believes believes X - truth abo...

Even if we allow that it is trivially true that my statement is really my statement, you asked merely if there was any logic that doesn't presuppose t...

The statement is not about me, it is about dialectical logic. You are conflating the reference of the statement with its origin. Smacks of the genetic...

Seems like we have a real live example of a conflict to resolve....

I think dialectical logic transcends the simple true-false dyad of traditional logic. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/4/4/69/pdf

:up:

To me, freedom is a bit of a red-herring as it quickly becomes contentious. I see prioritizing social welfare - establishing a baseline of core human ...

I'd suggest moving to Canada...it's perfectly legal here.

I am very much aligned with your introduction of the concept of critical thinking, as a recent convert to Popper's theories of critical realism. Howev...

A bit more about Mead's thesis that mind is fundamentally an intersubjective or social phenomenon. Mead examines the failures of the individual-centri...

Presumably "common sense" denotes a certain type of knowledge that can be qualified and quantified. Something akin to our prejudicative grasp of backg...

Maybe. I think, as Descartes says, the reality is that everyone thinks they have common sense, implying that not everyone does. So, yes, maybe the app...

And those are the people who are always eager to share it....

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to s...

So you are basically asking if there is a universal method of identifying truth? Again, that would depend on the context.

It seems to me this hinges on what was meant by "best to believe."

So awareness does not hold in degrees? That isn't my own personal experience. When I was a child, my plans and expectations did not stretch to anywher...

As I said, it is clear that people do not always fulfill their obligations. What would be the point of having the concept of obligation if it dictated...

But chaos has an inherent order, as non-linear dynamics clearly establishes through the use of attractors.

I think what you are saying amounts to a contradiction. On the one hand, you suggest that in order to be responsible, we must act freely. On the other...

Do we lack a choice, or are we limited by the scope and extent of our own reason? Moral theories may entail or at least imply action consequences, but...

To respond to the original question I'd suggest looking at the work of George Herbert Mead (which I just started reading). Mind, Self, and Society exp...

:cool: Huxley's Island for a bit of a change GH Mead's, Mind, Self, and Society

I have a 2 volume set called "The WIll" by Brian O'Shaughnessy. Billed as a 'dual aspect theory,' as I recall, it covered a lot of ground and was gene...

The conflict between you and I is that you will never settle on a middle ground for anything. I've read that in others' responses to your posts and se...

Except that capacities emerge phylogenetically, not just ontogenetically. So for any individual capacity you can equally well point to its collective ...

Would merely having the potential for rationality be a sufficient condition of socialization?

Perhaps it is just the I'm sure unintended pejorative tone, to which earlier referred? Maybe "least receptive"?