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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