Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

permaculture - Humberto Maturana's....

permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: permaculture

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Claude Genest <genest@together.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Humberto Maturana's....
  • Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 02:13:35 -0500


"Ontology of Observing" is
online at
www.inteco.cl/biology/ontology/index.htm



> From: John Schinnerer <eco_living@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:57:06 -0800 (PST)
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: 1/2 OT Re: Alfred Korzybski ad nauseum
>
> Aloha,
>
> Well, call it 1/2 OT if y'all wish.
>
>> 1. The map is not the territory.
>> 2. The map doesn't cover all the territory.
>> 3. The map reflects the map maker.
>
> Bingo, especially #3.
>
>> I want to state here with vehemence that I reject
>> the assumption that tradition has more value than
>> modern forms of knowledge. On such a foundation
>> rests the anti-human character of doctrines as
>> diverse as rightwing social darwinism, Nazism,
>> political correctness and institutional religion.
>
> This appears to me to be a confusion of message with medium. There is
> plenty of "positive" knowledge conveyed through "traditional" means,
> and plenty of both that and of death and destruction (and just plain
> muddleheadedness) conveyed thorugh modern means. As to the message
> *of* the medium...opinions vary. ;-)
>
>
> =====
> John Schinnerer, MA
> --------------------
> - Eco-Living -
> Cultural & Ecological Designing
> Food - Shelter - Community
> john@eco-living.net
> http://eco-living.net
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month.
> http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to permaculture as: genest@together.net
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu
> Get the list FAQ at:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/documents/permaculture.faq




  • Humberto Maturana's...., Claude Genest, 11/28/2001

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page