Re: Shared Vision Tough Spots LO918

Myrna Casebolt (CASEBMJ@WP.DHSS.STATE.WI.US)
Fri, 21 Apr 1995 07:43:46 -0500

<<<<<Myrna's reply to LO837>>>>>>Ishamel reference by Michael

Hi...I have not connected with you "guys" for awhile....I'm trying to collect
thoughts on change, wisdom and manipulation for a concise
contribution.....this one, however, just rolls off....there is an ISHMAEL list
on the net....interesting dialogue from time to time....please let me know if
you are interested....I can give you the address. Thanks....Myrna

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>>> Michael McMaster <Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk> 04/19/95
09:25am >>>
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