Re: [xmca] Re: ye

[Tony Whitson <twhitson@UDel.Edu>]

Well said, Andy; but for this, instead of "assimilation," this might be a 
perfect occasion for invoking Gadamer's idea of a "fusion of horizons."

On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, Andy Blunden wrote:

> Yes, that's exactly it, Monica. I didn't realise you weren't a native 
> speaker.
>
> Just a warning/qualification on what I have said. I am not claiming that the 
> concepts of Activity and Discourse ought to be identified; clearly they 
> indicate different traditions of scientific analysis which pick out different 
> objects from the flow of human life. I think I am suggesting though that both 
> sciences ought to expand their self-concept so as to assimilate the gains of 
> the other, creating a single, nuanced concept of Discursive Activity. This of 
> course has nothing to do with assimilating practical actions with word 
> meaning. But the distinction between practical intelligence and verbal 
> thinking/action is developmentally overcome, ontologically, but also 
> historically, I think.
>
> Andy
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