Maturana and Varela have studied this a bit and they say: exactly the same
as we do (only on an eensy-weensy level). The bacteria will move towards a
fatty environment, and away from an acidic one. It is in communion with its
environment. They argue (1980: Autopoiesis: The biology of cognition) that
the little beasties are cognitive. This is a good book to read if you're so
inclined Publisher is Reidel: Holland
>the flesh is, (and I am [she blurted effusively]
> SO FUCKING SURE, that the text we need to read is [underneath ]AND ON our
>skin.
Yehaaaaaaaa
>(1)So, being a good li'l grad student, I wonder: what might it mean if
>"knowlegde/epistemologiy/dialectics were avaiable in a dialectical
>materialism of the organic? Really: what if "metaphysics" are organic
>projections of flesh, biology, complex electromagnetic interactionism,
>pheronomes, touch...
Try M&V and see whatcha reckon. I can send you a paper that condenses
several months reading about their stuff if you want. (and anyone else
reading, too). It only draws paralells to M&V and sociolinguistics, most
particularly, Jay's synthesis.
>
>(2) Are dialectical interpretations sufficient for such epistemological
>qualifications ?
Are there another one?
>
>INGRATIATING CLOSURE:
>how nice to feel that this is a place where I can actually have a rant.
>Maybe I'm the crazy lady who lives on the edge of town,
>cultivates a pretty fine pot farm, writes for a living,
> likes to sit on her front porch, with her nine mongrel dogs,
That's the farm I wuz talking about before ... sounds good.
>
>holding a shotgun on her lap,
>just in case a turkey or a Conservative(Republican)
>gurgles in the field across the way.,...
Errrrr .... weelll maybe ... couldn't it be a slingshot, or the collected
workds of Hermann Hesse? You could read the introduction from the Glass
Bead Game at the offending conservative. Alll of a sudden she would realise
her mistakes and become socially responsive and give all her money to the
poor of the world.
>You're so right Phil: Act (Be/Think?Feel? local = UNDERSTAND global.)
I know nothing and I have no answers (though many opinions)... thanks for
your kind words.
>Thank you all
> for collectively constructing a space where freedom of thought and speech
>can actually happen.
Here here.
Phil
Phil Graham
pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au
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