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Saved by 2 people (0 private), first by anonymouse user on 2009-04-20
- Shanta on 2009-04-20 - Tags 3quarksdaily , daniel_rourke , history , human_caprice , great_discontinuities , progress , time , oral_culture
- Machinemachine on 2009-03-23 - Tags philosophy , perception , thought , reality , culture , ideas , literature , history , danielrourke , 3quarksdaily , science , mind , data , physics , language , progress , biology , anthropology , system , model , discontinuity
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Our modern notion of “truth” denies all wisdom that cannot be plotted on a graph; that cannot be traced backwards through the recorded evidence or textual archive.
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Thus the attribution of meaning emerges from the present, synchronic situation, rather than being reliant on the consequences of past observation:
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In the oral culture “truth” must be rooted in systems that are not time-reliant.
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Our error is to mistake grapholectic thought - thought maintained by writing and print - as the only kind of thought we are capable of.
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