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Thats "The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories". Sb trying to push sb else to use a definition meets the second part of the sentence.
by DelightOne 9y ago
Thats "The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories".
Sb trying to push sb else to use a definition meets the second part of the sentence.
- omginternets 9y ago>Sb trying to push sb else to use a definition meets the second part of the sentence. This is post-modernism in thin disguise. Certain categorizations can be more valuable (practical, useful, just, etc) than others, in which case it's reasonable to rally for their use over other, less valueable, categorizations.
- woodandsteel 9y agoIt's post-modernism only if you assume that human beings have no set, general psychological characteristics and are entirely the product of socialization. Otherwise it is pragmatism.
- omginternets 9y agoHuh? It's most assuredly post-modernist because it implicitly assumes that all categories are equal in value (i.e.: that no category is better than another), and that the decision is at it's core a power-struggle (i.e.: oppressive to the loser). This is, again, a tired and fruitless approach.
- DelightOne 9y agoI don't know about the post-modernism thingy. To the second part: To one practical is to the other unpractical. To one just is to another unjust. To push certain categories over others just says to me you want them to be in your frame(practical, useful for you I guess?). And to not give an argument on the usefulness is to hide intention. But I'm not too firm on that yet.
- whatshisface 9y agoSome categories are just completely impractical, for example the category of "all objects except for my dog and its kibble, and excluding those that came in to existence on an even-numbered Gregorian year." Language is an application of signaling theory and there are lots of statements we can make about it. (For example it would be a bad idea to re-define the word "good" to mean that one above.)