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Author: Jason.GlumidgeJason.Glumidge Date: May 12, 2008 06:44
Hi alt.philosophy,
I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
"everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
categories for everyday use ;)
I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
"anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing
that we then cut up as suits whatever task we are dealing with.
Anyhow, thanks in advance for _any_ guidance you guys can give.
All best, J.
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: May 12, 2008 08:26
On May 12, 11:44 pm, Jason.Glumi...@ gmail.com wrote: > Hi alt.philosophy,
> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
> categories for everyday use ;)
>
> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
> The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
> when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing
> that we then cut up...
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Date: May 12, 2008 08:55
> Hi alt.philosophy,
> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
> categories for everyday use ;)
>
> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
> The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
> when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing
> that we then cut up as suits whatever task...
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Author: knucmoknucmo Date: May 12, 2008 09:37
On 12 May, 14:44, Jason.Glumi...@ gmail.com wrote: > Hi alt.philosophy,
> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
> categories for everyday use ;)
Might I ask you - do you think classification is merely a pragmatic
thing that is relative to the idea of a 'purpose'? That is, is it
simply a matter of convention and convenience that we use the
classifications we use?
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: May 12, 2008 11:37
On May 12, 9:44 am, Jason.Glumi...@ gmail.com wrote: > Hi alt.philosophy,
> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
> categories for everyday use ;)
>
> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
> The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
> when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing
> that we then cut up...
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Author: XanXan Date: May 12, 2008 12:35
> Hi alt.philosophy,
> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
> categories for everyday use ;)
>
> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
> The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
> when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing
> that we then cut up as suits whatever task we are dealing with.
>
> Anyhow, thanks in advance for _any_ guidance you guys can give.
>
> All best, J. ...
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: May 12, 2008 15:30
On May 12, 2:37 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> On May 12, 9:44 am, Jason.Glumi...@ gmail.com wrote:
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> >> Hi alt.philosophy,
>> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
>> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
>> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
>> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
>> categories for everyday use ;)
>
>> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
>> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
>> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
>> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
>> The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
>> when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing ...
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: May 12, 2008 16:24
On May 13, 8:30 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> On May 12, 2:37 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
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>>> On May 12, 9:44 am, Jason.Glumi...@ gmail.com wrote: >
>>> Hi alt.philosophy,
>>> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
>>> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
>>> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
>>> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
>>> categories for everyday use ;)
>
>>> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
>>> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
>>> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
>>> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect. ...
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Author: Jason GlumidgeJason Glumidge Date: May 12, 2008 16:37
On 12 May, 17:37, knucmo hotmail.com> wrote:> On 12 May, 14:44, Jason.Glumi...@ gmail.com wrote:
> >> Hi alt.philosophy,
>> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
>> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
>> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
>> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
>> categories for everyday use ;)
>
> Might I ask you - do you think classification is merely a pragmatic
> thing that is relative to the idea of a 'purpose'?
If you are asking whether I think there is any inherent 'truth' to the
classifications we use, and entities we formulate, then no. I do not
believe in an intrinsic, independent existence of entities sine an
observer. We draw lines rounds round reality as we see fit, and then
call whatever they encapsulate 'things'. Apologies for the apologetic
quotes, but I am not confident in my terminology ;)
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Author: Jason GlumidgeJason Glumidge Date: May 12, 2008 16:39
On 12 May, 16:55, "andy-k" wrote:
>> Hi alt.philosophy,
>> I was wondering if I could get the benefit of your collective
>> knowledge: I am looking for a word in philosophy that denotes
>> "everything", as in the whole continuous plenum that is reality -
>> before we chop it up and partition it into conceptual objects and
>> categories for everyday use ;)
>
>> I'm wondering if there is already a technical (or at least
>> philosophical) term that describes the whole "fabric" of the universe
>> of discourse. The closest I have found is something like
>> "anatta" (thanks to google/wikipedia) but i'm not sure its perfect.
>> The term "everything" is loaded in that it impliesa set of all things,
>> when really i'm coming from the reverse angle, of one universal thing
>> that we then cut up as suits whatever task we are dealing with.
>
>> Anyhow, thanks in advance for _any_ guidance you guys can give.
>
>> All best, J. ...
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