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A wonderful paper by Yutaka Sayeki (with two key figures reversed, but it is obvious where the mistake was made when you read it) has an example of what I take to be almost a "measure" of rising to the concrete (see also Davydov's ideas on the topic). Its part of a special issue of the newsletter. Accessible to anyone at lchc.ucsd.edu * Volume 3, Number 2 April 1981 * AZUMA, Hiroshi: *A Note on Cross-Cultural Study* ** INAGAKI, Kayoko: *Facilitation of Knowledge Integration through *** *Classroom Discussion* KASHIWAGI, Keiko: *Note on the Socialization Processes in Japan* ** HATANO, Giyoo, KUHARA, Keiko, and AKIYAMA, Michael: *Kanji Help *** *Readers of Japanese Infer the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words* SAITO, Hirofumi*: Toward Comparative Studies in Reading Kanji and *** *Kana* SAYEKI, Yutaka: *"Body Analogy" and the Cognition of Rotated Figures* On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>wrote: > On 15 August 2012 13:01, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote: > > > Well, these issues are not going to be solved in 5 minutes, Huw. Analog > > and digital belong to a completely different frame than the concepts of > > abstract/concrete and general/universal which I think Greg asked about > > initially. > > > > Analog was an elaboration. This point is not necessary to resolve > "universal" in the Lenin quote. > > Huw > > > > > > Let me be brief then. Ilyenkov famously makes the point that (exchange) > > value is an ideal, but it is also real. The market implements a process > of > > abstracting the value of commodities but it is the very concreteness of > the > > market which makes that process possible. > > Democracy is an ideal which really motivates millions of people and > > underpins constitutional governments. > > > > > Universal suffrage allows that insane people, criminals and children do > > not vote. And what is more, when the President is elected, only the votes > > of 51% count. (There are of course plenty of "Ah, but ..."s about this, > but > > this is what is meant by the difference between the general and the > > universal.) > > > > http://www.marxists.org/**reference/archive/hegel/works/** > > sl/slsubjec.htm#SL163n1b< > http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/sl/slsubjec.htm#SL163n1b > > > > > > Andy > > > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca