Re: Shared Vision Tough Spots LO837

Michael McMaster (Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 19 Apr 1995 14:25:04 GMT

Replying to LO797 --

Jim asks if we could "do it all with stories"? And what would the place
or need for theory be?

What is theories are just stories with special "rules"? That is, for this
type of story, you must meet certain conditions.

I'm just reading "Ishmael" a novel that, so far, is wonderfully simple and
apparently fairly complete introduction to postmodern thinking. (That is,
postmodernism as an approach to seeing the world as various social
constructions of reality and having flexibility with dealing with these.)

As I read, I keep having vague feelings of embarrassment that I take such
a "rigorous" and wordy approach to do what the author is doing so simply.
So far, I'm not sure much is gained in this matter by calling my story

Mike McMaster <Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk>
"Intelligence is an underlying organisational principle
of the universe. The 'logos principle' is hidden and
perceptible only to the intelligence." Heraclitus