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Re: [xmca] concepts

Thanks for that, Martin. We should start a section  of the lchc website that
includes such materials. Goes well with
Peter's suggestion about pointing that the years of lchc newsletters which
have been there for some time, thanks to a suggestion from Pablo del Rio.
mike

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote:

> For a definition of 'activity,' and related terms, there's the paper by
> Charles Tolman:
>
> <http://www.igs.net/~pballan/AT2.htm>
>
> Martin
>
> On Apr 17, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Huw Lloyd wrote:
>
> >> :) Huw has that one at the moment.
> >>
> >
> > :)
> >
> >> But as "activity" is the fundamental concept of my
> >> philosophy, I can't define it in terms of anything else,
> >> just explain it, to give you the general idea.
> >
> > Here's my take:  if it's a concept, then it can be derived from other
> > concepts within the constellation (paradigm/framework).  Everything is
> > related.
> >
> > e.g. process can be derived from interaction of structure.  System is
> > tricky, but do-able.
> >
> > Huw
> >
> >> But, a
> >> philosophy can only have one concept like that!
> >>
> >> Andy
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