Post by moonbird on Mar 16, 2005 6:32:33 GMT -5
nothingness said:
According to logic, when any person knows something ( a proposition), at least two conditions must present:(1) The person must believe the proposition in question.
(2) The believed propostion must be true.
A bad forum consists of people with limited information on condition (2) yet keep negating or proposing condition (1).
I am glad to be here because I can just shut up and learn when I don't know about the presented subject. In addition, the tea is always served warm here
.Welcome.
Nothingness,
My knowledge of logic is what it is and is probably similar to my gung fu knowledge in terms of desire to understand more, improve and preserve. To that end I have learned to enjoy listening deeply and warm tea enhances the experience.
Your logic model is of beautiful design in the words, the way the letters line up and the sounds they make. I do not propose to know the answer or solution to good or bad forums though I suspect that it does have to do with the way language and communication is presented.
In just two conditions you have wrapped up a bright package with a pretty bow, were I to unwrap these words and look inside what would I find? Mind if I have a look? Or should I simply sit back and admire this sunset you have painted?
The schools of logic are as vast as the schools of martial arts and both have undergone heavy attack like trial by fire as I am reminded of the libraries at Alexandria and the Temples of Siu Lam. The only difference from what I can recall is the temple was rebuilt and is still standing. Still they both grow like the wild fire. When I think about the 1700 years that went by before Copernicus rediscovered what he knew I withdraw into silence and listen very deep to the voice of reason.
It is not surprising to see irrationality making its way into cyberspace and the rules haven’t really changed all that much although the internet seems to be more flame retardant. LoL From my point of view knowledge is contextual and in the right context the belief game can be played along side the knowing game as words have meaning in relation to what is knowable, the unknown may require belief in context and the unknowable? Well that is simply unknowable or it would be called something else right? So a line can be drawn and when a question is asked a logic model will be formulated to address the question, beyond that there must be some agreement or discussion about the meaning of the words.
This is the tricky part because as a wise old moonbird once said “a word is worth one thousand pictures”. If one thousand people were asked to describe what the word bird means to them they will each have thousands of pictures of birds to contend with and no two responses will be exactly the same, that is the power of the word. I would like to be silent now and drink warm tea.
Namaste,
Jack