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RE: SUO: Re: Parse Of Things Remembered




Dear John,

Unfortunately I want to understand you, so I am going to be
a bit of a terrier here.
> 
> >MW: So more generally human intent is what sets some action 
> >apart as mediating?
> 
> I agree with Jon Awbrey's reply that mediating is the more
> basic primitive:  a mediator brings two or more other things
> into relation.  Human intention is one important kind of
> mediator.

MW: OK, but that really then says that any relation that is triadic 
or higher is mediating. I think a non-intentional relation would be
"between" in your terms, so presumably "between" is in this case
mediating, but I don't see what that means beyond being 3 placed 
(in some representations).

Could you explain please?
> 
> John
> 

Regards  
      Matthew
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