[from Mark Bickhard (NOT on CSGnet) via Gary Cziko (930318):
Bill Powers (930318.1015):
Platonic mysticism! Bravo. But the other side is anti-platonic
scholasticism, the triumph of pure reason over experiment. The
antidote to both sides is to include action in the picture as
well as perception.
I think I mostly agree - the caveats due
to the clear historicity of the dialogue which
makes it unclear just what commitments all of
these comments might be presupposing.
One demurral I would make, however, is to point out
that perception is itself already ALSO (inter)action.
Mark
Mark H. Bickhard
Department of Psychology
17 Memorial Drive East
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015
215-758-3633
MHB0@LEHIGH.EDU
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