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Dear ChrisL,
You are a poster child for email filters.
-ChrisW
At 10:38 PM +1100 2/24/02, Chris Lofting wrote:
>John,
>
>IMHO If you bothered to 'dig' you would find how 'false' your statement
>that:
>
>"I am quite familiar with the current work on psychology and
>neurophysiology. Studying it can provide us with some very useful insights
>into heuristics, the importance of emotion, and many other important
>features of human thinking processes.
>
>But none of that can ever validate or invalidate anything about what makes
>logic logical or mathematics mathematical. The method of derivation cannot
>in any way invalidate a valid conclusion or validate an invalid one."
>
>Your statement seems to indicate either (a) extreme idealism (and so faith
>in 'spirits') or (b) a reluctance to check-out current material/models etc
>either due to being 'too busy' or a 'need' for it 'not to be so' since it
>means you have to bring yourself up to date!
>
>Your email concluded with:
>
>"But your understanding of the relationships between logic and language on
>the one hand and psychology and neurophysiology on the other hand are
>woefully misguided.
>
>You have a great deal to learn, and until you recognize that you are a
>student who is desperately in need of enlightenment, I don't believe that
>any further discussion between us will be fruitful."
>
>LOL!! Dear JS, the one who is misguided is you. how sad. I enjoyed your
>work -- once. you are falling behind and at this rate of development there
>is no time to rest on one's laurels....
>
>perhaps it is time for YOU to become once more a student? ...
>
>Read more JS - step out of the box and upto the level of the 'ultimate'
>box - the bounds set by our species nature. You may be 'surprised' and that
>would be good since your mind seems to be fine - just a bit out of date and
>a little too 'idealist' re past philosophers etc ;-)
>
>Chris.
>------------------
>Chris Lofting
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>http://pages.prodigy.net/lofting
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ddiamond
>http://www.eisa.net.au/~lofting
>Lists:
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