[Xmca-l] Re: Hegel on Action

[Andy Blunden]

James, the meaning for words such as "material" and to a 
lesser extent the other words in your message have meanings 
which are extremely context (or discourse) dependent. The 
Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy doesn't have a 
definition of Matter, considering it only in relation to 
Form, but their definition of Substance will do the trick. I 
follow Lenin and Vygotsky in my understanding of matter. 
(Hegel didn't like to use the word, because he took it as 
too linked to Atomism. Marx used "material" in a very 
specific way to do with reproduction of the means of life.)

As to the philosophical meaning of "matter" I think I said 
it in the paper as succinctly as possible. If it's in the 
mind then it is not material. I can't make sense of your 
last question.

Andy

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On 15/07/2017 6:28 PM, James Ma wrote:
> 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?
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> James
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> On 15 July 2017 at 07:11, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net 
> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>> wrote:
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>     No, it would be spreading confusion, Greg.
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>     "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.
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>     Andy
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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
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>         On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Andy Blunden
>         <ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>
>         <mailto:ablunden@mira.net
>         <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>> wrote:
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>             Anyone who got interested in that material about
>             "Hegel on Action", here is my contribution.
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>         https://www.academia.edu/33887830/Hegel_on_Action
>         <https://www.academia.edu/33887830/Hegel_on_Action>
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>         <https://www.academia.edu/33887830/Hegel_on_Action
>         <https://www.academia.edu/33887830/Hegel_on_Action>>
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>             Andy
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>         <http://www.brill.com/products/book/origins-collective-decision-making
>         <http://www.brill.com/products/book/origins-collective-decision-making>>
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