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Re: Summary so far on DJUNO
- To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
- Subject: Re: Summary so far on DJUNO
- From: Rob Zook <rzook@INFORMIX.COM>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:30:21 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <199801211634.IAA09840@gateway.informix.com>
- Reply-to: Rob Zook <rzook@INFORMIX.COM>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
At 04:33 PM 1/21/98 GMT+0, And Rosta wrote:
>> >3. "Knowing", unlike the official place-structure of "djuno", has
>> > no "epistemology" argument. [As John has pointed out, this is
>> > not actually an epistemology argument but a metaphysics argument.]
>> That depends on your definition of "metaphysics" - as I reported,
>> epistemology is the subcategory of metaphysics dealingw ith how we know
>> what we know.
>
>I know, and I gather that therefore most of us think "epistemology"
>inappropriate as a label, preferring "metaphysics" = "model of the
>world, of how the world is and works".
I think we'll need a poll to justify that. Metaphysics seems
to inclusive.
Rob Z.
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