Group: humanities.philosophy.objectivism
From: Malrassic Park
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: On solving the problem of universals

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:49:41 -0700, Ken Gardner
wrote:

>Malrassic Park wrote:
.
>>I'm all for logic, but I don't know that "logic" is a concept of
>>method.
.
>>Logic is a method. "Infinity" is a concept of method, not a method.
.
>>The concept "Infinity" is used to make certain types of math
>>function,
.
>>the concept "logic" is not used for any purpose beyond naming the
>>method being used. Perhaps it is a concept of consciousness.
.
>Yes it is. This is because all concepts of method are concepts of
>consciousness.

But not all concepts of consciousness are concepts of method.

-

"I am afraid that I idealize Hickman and that he
might not be this at all. In fact, he probably
isn't. But it does not make any difference. If he
isn't, he could be, and that's enough."

Journals of Ayn Rand, Feb. 1928

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