2006:02:06
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I had something of an epiphany this weekend, a bit of legal theory I've been pondering finally fell neatly apart at the hands of my Prisoners Dilemma write up. I won't go into details here, as I am trying, by and large, to separate the legal/political work from the semantics per se work.
But what a strange distinction to make in the first place. I suppose that's why I need the Oblio's Cap site, because there is a strong argument that the separation of topics is a diminishing of those topics. How can semantics be separate from politics? How can politics be separate from art? Well, that's the reasoning, but better pursued there than here. Here I accept the value of separating topics, and do my best to keep politics and semantics per se sorted. It's a semantic punctuation I provisionally accept.
That aim of separation notwithstanding, today I report on an application of Semantic Restructuring to legal theory: The theories of Nobel winner Ronald Coase, particularly as manifest in his paper, "The Problem of Social Cost," fall apart on an error of logical typing I have labeled "False Quantification."
I am not convinced, however, that my label is worth promulgating. Nor am I convinced that it does me any good to make such claims when the glossary section of this site is in such poor shape.
So, I propose to endeavor to focus on the glossary. To that end, I would be grateful for comments as to which entries need to be added first. Tomorrow, or later today even, I expect to begin with "Error of Logical Typing."
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2006:02:03
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We Are All Danes NowHere is the original online; here a locked down copy at wikipedia.
Bandler and Grinder speculate (potificate) on the psychological effects of repressing a sensory system. One can only see the psychopathic behavior of some Muslims as support for this premise. But the follow-up, in Bandler and Grinder methods, is that adding back in the missing sensory system is a valuable therapeutic aid. Clearly this maneuver can be met with abreaction.
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