Meta-systematicity goes beyond syncretism. It may require “melting the ontology”; recovering forgotten principles/assumptions on which previous systematic understandings were built; and/or close observation of the system/surround relationship. Thread:https://twitter.com/_awbery_/status/1023171927614124032 …
I know I ought to read him, and haven’t yet :( Could you say another sentence or two more specifically about what he said that is relevant to this thread? (Wasn’t immediately obvious after following the links.) Tx!
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I can, but can't vouch for the value. 1- breakdown of current moral meaning-claims as moral 'systems-shopping' (diagnosis of post-rationality, Nietszche and the usual suspects - but he said this in the early 80s)
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2- meaning can only be constituted in communities (traditions) sharing practices and activities (Wittgensteinian language-games, embodiment, dependent rationality)
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