[-empyre-] empyre Digest, Vol 111, Issue 5
Alan Sondheim
sondheim at panix.com
Tue Feb 11 05:15:35 EST 2014
On Mon, 10 Feb 2014, Florian Cramer wrote:
In my view, it's not that simple. Boolean logic - which one can equally
find in the reasoning of Chinese 4th century BC philosopher like Hui Shi
(Hui Tzu) - and digital computation (literally=computing with your
fingers) are by far not only Western conceptions.
--- I've studied him a lot and I don't see his work as Boolean at all; if
anything, it's closer to something like quantum logic. The I Ching on the
other hand is Boolean.
--- I agree with you re: post-digital; I'd say embedded digital, if
anything, and that applies to a fairly small enclaved ecology of users/
participants.
- Alan
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