[Xmca-l] Re: Hegel on Action

[James Ma]

This is interesting to me, Andy. Do you rule out anything that has material
quality but is actually associated with a mental sign (a sign in the mind,
as Peirce would say)? Do you consider social practice (you mentioned
earlier) to be tinted with the intrapsychological within oneself?

James

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On 15 July 2017 at 07:11, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> No, it would be spreading confusion, Greg.
>
> "Matter" in this context is everything outside of my consciousness.
> "Activity" in this context is human, social practice. Moving attention to
> the sub-atomic level, a field where we have no common sense, sensuous
> knowledge, does not help.
>
> Andy
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> Andy Blunden
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> On 15/07/2017 2:31 PM, Greg Thompson wrote:
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>> Andy,
>> Just musing here but I'm wondering if "matter" is anything more than
>> activity, particularly when considered at the sub-atomic level.
>> At that level, matter seems a lot more like the holding of relations in
>> some activity (not so different from the Notion?).
>> Or would that be taking things too far?
>> -greg
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net
>> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Anyone who got interested in that material about
>>     "Hegel on Action", here is my contribution.
>>
>>     https://www.academia.edu/33887830/Hegel_on_Action
>>     <https://www.academia.edu/33887830/Hegel_on_Action>
>>
>>     Andy
>>
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>> decision-making>
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