DEFINING BOTH POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL TRADITIONS IN
PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOLARSHIP, WITH A VIEW TO BREVITY.
PRE-SOCRATICS ~500BCE
DEFINED / MATERIALISM<--> UNDEFINED / MIASMOS
MEASURED/ EXPLAINED <--> INFINITE / BEGUILING
SUMMATION:
A. GNOSTIC SCHOLARSHIP The defined material is measured and explained, just
as the undefined miasmos is infinite and beguiling.
B. SKEPTICAL MYSTICISM The defined material is infinite and beguiling, just as
the undefined miasmos is measured and explained.
MEANINGFUL MATERIALISM ~1500CE
SOCIAL STUDY/ BEHAVIOR / POLITICS <--> PROPERTY STUDY / SEMANTICS/ LOGIC
GENERAL MATERIAL THEORIES <--> EVIDENCE OF THEORY APPLICATIONS
SUMMATION:
A. GENERAL SOCIO-BEHAVIORAL THEORIES = ANTHROPOLOGY
B. APPLIED SOCIO-BEHAVIORAL THEORIES = MATERIAL SEMANTICS
AESTHETIC REALISM ~2000CE
IDEA / FORM / STRUCTURE <--> HISTORY / THEORY / INTERPRETATION
IDENTITY / TYPE / SYSTEM <--> PROGRAM / CONTEXT / LANGUAGE
A. THE FORMAL IDEA IS THE IDENTITY OF THE SYSTEM, WHILE THE THEORY OF
HISTORY IS THE CONTEXT OF THE LANGUAGE,
B. THE FORMAL IDEA IS THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, WHILE THE THEORY OF
INTERPRETATION IS THE SYSTEMATIC TYPE
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY