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Think I'm a Pluralist
Author: Shaunk...
I was just flicking through the critical studies and I came across a few theories which caught my attention. Firstly Pluralism, this term can be applied to a wide range of subjects however it generally states that there can be several different views, answers or values relating to the same subject and they could all be correct in their own way.
I totally agree with this theory as I learn more diverse subjects I've covered several issues where they can be perfectly explained in a range of ways sometimes contradicting each other sometime complimenting.
The other term was Ontology, this is one of the major branches of Metaphysics. The subject of reality is fascinating to me I've touched on the issue from the point of Buddhism, Quantum Mechanics, Philosophy and it's distantly related to some of the principals behind design/communication theories and mentalism.
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R A Wilson used to talk in terms of 'maybe logic'. He said that black & white, Aristotelian logic - in which things are said to definitely be one thing or another - is inadequate to describe reality.
Rather, he said we can only assign percentages of probability to things, based on the information we have available to us at the time.
Based on this, he was a proponent of E-Prime - a form of English that avoids the use of the verb 'to be', and thus forces the user to acknowledge the subjective nature of reality.
Interesting comment, I completely agree with his perspective. I'd not heard of R A Wilson before either, thats a few more books just added to my Amazon list!