On Friday 09 November 2007 14:43, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> ...
>
> I joined this mailing list recently, thinking that it was about
> "ontology" in the (arguably trivializing and abusive) computer
> science sense, ... I'd rather not wait until these fields have
> reached their final conclusions (42?). (01)
Well, as you obviously know, the answer isn't the problem, it's the
question that's tough... (02)
> If I have misunderstood, and in fact this mailing list is devoted to
> a foundationalist "general account of reality", then I am in the
> wrong place. If on the other hand it is in fact devoted to the more
> mundane engineering and scientific tasks I sketch above, perhaps the
> more ambitious discussions could find another home? (03)
I believe your understanding of the charter of this list is accurate. We
struggle to restrain ourselves, but conversations sometimes drift. This
list is much better than some I must endure for the sake of those
exchanges that _are_ on-topic. (04)
Hang around a while and see if you think it's worth your while. (05)
> -s (06)
Randall Schulz (07)
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