On 1/4/05 4:35 PM, "Klaus Krippendorff" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> i knife cannot cut an apple. it has no effects without someone using it.
That is usually an implication stemming from the existence of the knife and
an understanding of what it is normally intended to be used for. It has a
semantic effect if nothing else.
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> if you conceptualize the cut as the effect (consequence) of someone's acting
> (cause) with a knife on an apple
?
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> i have never found anyone denying the usefulness of causal explanations.
> the problem is that not everything is causally explainable.
If you understand that every change follows an action what is the action?
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> the question at issue: is there a cause of design activity (=effect)?
Yes, An emotional feeling that there is a need to act purposefully to
improve a situation.
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> talent, i think, we ruled out
Not me. Nor intelligence some of which can be said to be innate if it is the
effective use of what is in your mind when you are born.
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Best wishes for a Happy New Year Klaus
Chuck
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