David,
How about essence, gestault, transcendence, revelation, (incarnation,
manifestation), faith, hope, charity...need I go on?
Brett
At 08:36 PM 9/7/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Eva wrote:
>>You mean, "How can I tell that anything I'm doing makes a difference to
>>the rest of the world?" and "How can I tell how I'm affected by the rest
>>of the world?" Well, I don't see how seeing oneself as part of a system
>>makes those questions any harder. I know ways in which I have affected
>>those around me, who have affected others in turn. I can't know exactly
>>how much of a difference I made, since I don't have a control universe (in
>>which I didn't do whatever I did) to compare with. But I can often see
>>fairly clear cause and effect, and the rest of the time I get hints.
>How does being part of a law of cause and effect imply being part of a
>larger superorganism? If complex systems theory had value, there would be
>some sort of approximation of some larger organism which gives us a
>birdseye view of our situation. This would lead to a meaningful
>relationship with this superorganism. I see no convincing evidence that
>we're part of a complex system.
>--David R.
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