If one can select the likeliest choice out of 10, there is no need to select
two and then
go through Hegelian dialectic, unless of course, one thinks Hegel was a genius
and
everyone actually thinks that way. Perhaps Fitzgerald could not spot a genius
because it would be like someone who did not know Chinese attempting discriminate
between good Chinese speakers and bad Chinese speakers. And what does this
have to do with Nostratic except as a method that can be used in historical
linguistics?
Are you suggesting that one should employ Hegelian dialectic in historical
linguistics?
Geraldine Reinhardt wrote:
Apparently you and F. Scott Fitzgerald
disagree. He was talking about first-rate intelligence. Are you perhaps
referring to mediocrity?
Gerry
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If one is capable of selecting the likeliest, then there is no need to
select the opposite
except to make Hegel look right.
Gerry wrote:
There could in fact be thousands of
possibilities, but if one selects the likliest for her thesis, then
finding the opposite shouldn't be that difficult. But yes, even this
theoretical stance is definitely speculative.
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How about if there are 10 possibilities instead of only 2?
Geraldine Reinhardt wrote:
Interesting question. I would
hope that one would explore both possibilities simultaneously and
then in some way meld them into a workable hypothesis. Hegel clearly
stated that one needs to take the thesis, stand it on its head to
find the antithesis, and then meld both into a synthesis. This
clearly illustrates that one position or another are NOT the sole
answers. One needs to move to another plateau.
Gerry
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Belive both of them or weigh them?
Geraldine Reinhardt wrote:
I wonder if F. Scott met
Hegel:
"The test of a first-rate
intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind
at the same time and still retain the ability to function" ....
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gerry
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