Guest guest Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Some of us may have felt recently that our study of Chinese medicine had not prepared us well for the intellectual rigors of the Chinese Herb Academy. For those as perplexed as I was, here are some definitions of terms that may help -- or may not. kuhn, n. A fox often mistaken for a hedgehog; it is usually attended by such a commotion that it appears more than twice as heavy as it really is. quine, v. (1) To deny resolutely the existence of importance of something real or significant. " Some philosophers have quined classes, and some have even quined physical objects. " Occasionally used intr., e.g., " You think I quine, sir. I assure you I do not! " (2) n. The total aggregate sensory surface of the world; hence quinitis, irritation of the quine. chomsky, adj. Said of a theory that draws extravagant metaphysical implications from scientifically established facts. " Essentially, Hume's criticism of the Argument from Design is that it leads in all its forms to blatantly chomsky conclusions. " " The conclusions drawn from Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle are not only on average chomskier than those drawn from Godel's theorem; most of them are downright merleau-ponty. " merleau-ponty, adj. In the wrong order, with confused foundations, said of a theory; figurative synonyms are upside-down, topsy-turvy, front-to-back. " The sense-datum approach to certainty was all merleau-ponty in the first place. " All this comes from a most helpful online reference: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/lexicon/ -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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