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Vanguard Boojum page 21 (knight, his reviews - continued) a syllogism by anyone who wanted to take the trouble. * At any rate, the argument has the basic fault of the syllogism: the conclusion is identical with the assumptions. Minor cavils: I think the distinction between "logical" and "rational" is one that ought to be made. ... "Since rational action is implied in the term 'rule' ..."Nothing of the sort. Need I remind you of Ivan the Terrible or Caligula? You are of course correct when you say that "... whenever in the course of history, the theory has been attempted in practice, it has very quickly ceased to be 'democracy' in anything but name', but the reason is, of course, that the system is mechanically impractical in large groups. If you're still not convinced, try this switch: "An example of invalid 'Program' or "Theory' is managerialism. It pre-supposes that large groups of people, known as 'government officials' are capable of 'ruling' 'nations'. Since rational action is implied in the word 'rule'; managerialism requires for its existence a demonstrated impossibility." Incidentally, beware of demonstrations. You can demonstrate anything. ... "And the search for the single 'Value' or 'Pattern of History' presupposes an undemonstratable (sic) dead center, unchanging, from which all change can be observed, charted and predicted, even unto the tangled pattern of human rationality-non-rationality." As Jim says, either the pattern is there or it isn't. Search for the historical pattern is no more dependent upon a "dead center" than search for physical patterns; each of them depends upon the mental equipment of genus homo -- which, as you point out, has not changed appreciably in the historical period. ... Speaking of semantics, has it occurred to you that what you mean by "no-Value orientation" is not strikingly different from what Hayakawa means by "multi-valued orientation"? ... Cartoon ideas wonderful, but why didn't you come to grips with the nawsty old world and peddle them? ... The notes on Gershwyn, Stravinsky, and Korsavok are howlingly funny. More? ... Both poems are comfortably within my stratum; I like both, in spite of one cavil against "Subwayscene": believe it or not, Doc, I'm getting tired of those pouting breasts. Couldn't they grin or leer next time? ... "On Non-Violent Resistance" struct me as trtite. Suggestion: wy don't you give up Politics and subscribe to Vogue? The results ought to be interesting, at least. SadTEaFngAeNrtTohAuisnSgy It took a while, but I'm completely converted. ... Cohen and his brother came back from a trip recently with the same report about the light-hogs. They claim the breed has arisen since the war, though -- or maybe it was just that they were driving in the Deep South. Incidentally, pardon my ignorance, M., but who invented Tewler? ... don't drop everything else and just print ads -- they get funnier every issue, but what can you say about them except "Haw!"? If you could see Kidd and Blish reading them to each other, though, you might be compensated for ************* * Syllogism All theories which ignore Instability are incorrect. All theories ignore Instability. All theories are incorrect. I wasn't going to take the trouble, but Lowndes was excessively amused by my remark, when he read it in copy, and so of course I had to.
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Vanguard Boojum page 21 (knight, his reviews - continued) a syllogism by anyone who wanted to take the trouble. * At any rate, the argument has the basic fault of the syllogism: the conclusion is identical with the assumptions. Minor cavils: I think the distinction between "logical" and "rational" is one that ought to be made. ... "Since rational action is implied in the term 'rule' ..."Nothing of the sort. Need I remind you of Ivan the Terrible or Caligula? You are of course correct when you say that "... whenever in the course of history, the theory has been attempted in practice, it has very quickly ceased to be 'democracy' in anything but name', but the reason is, of course, that the system is mechanically impractical in large groups. If you're still not convinced, try this switch: "An example of invalid 'Program' or "Theory' is managerialism. It pre-supposes that large groups of people, known as 'government officials' are capable of 'ruling' 'nations'. Since rational action is implied in the word 'rule'; managerialism requires for its existence a demonstrated impossibility." Incidentally, beware of demonstrations. You can demonstrate anything. ... "And the search for the single 'Value' or 'Pattern of History' presupposes an undemonstratable (sic) dead center, unchanging, from which all change can be observed, charted and predicted, even unto the tangled pattern of human rationality-non-rationality." As Jim says, either the pattern is there or it isn't. Search for the historical pattern is no more dependent upon a "dead center" than search for physical patterns; each of them depends upon the mental equipment of genus homo -- which, as you point out, has not changed appreciably in the historical period. ... Speaking of semantics, has it occurred to you that what you mean by "no-Value orientation" is not strikingly different from what Hayakawa means by "multi-valued orientation"? ... Cartoon ideas wonderful, but why didn't you come to grips with the nawsty old world and peddle them? ... The notes on Gershwyn, Stravinsky, and Korsavok are howlingly funny. More? ... Both poems are comfortably within my stratum; I like both, in spite of one cavil against "Subwayscene": believe it or not, Doc, I'm getting tired of those pouting breasts. Couldn't they grin or leer next time? ... "On Non-Violent Resistance" struct me as trtite. Suggestion: wy don't you give up Politics and subscribe to Vogue? The results ought to be interesting, at least. SadTEaFngAeNrtTohAuisnSgy It took a while, but I'm completely converted. ... Cohen and his brother came back from a trip recently with the same report about the light-hogs. They claim the breed has arisen since the war, though -- or maybe it was just that they were driving in the Deep South. Incidentally, pardon my ignorance, M., but who invented Tewler? ... don't drop everything else and just print ads -- they get funnier every issue, but what can you say about them except "Haw!"? If you could see Kidd and Blish reading them to each other, though, you might be compensated for ************* * Syllogism All theories which ignore Instability are incorrect. All theories ignore Instability. All theories are incorrect. I wasn't going to take the trouble, but Lowndes was excessively amused by my remark, when he read it in copy, and so of course I had to.
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