Why 'blog? Well, after over a year of posting on Facebook, my hope is that the forum of a ‘blog will allow for better and more detailed posts. Trying to be pithy and succinct sometimes prohibits complete exposition. So, hopefully this forum will allow for a more complete discussion as ideas are fleshed out more completely and debate is more robust.
What’s the title all about? The idea of A Third Moment comes from the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Hegel described a first moment, or Thesis, as a proposition, or idea. This is followed by a second moment, or Antithesis, which negates the thesis. Hegel’s third moment is the Synthesis, which resolves the conflict between the first two moments.
To the extent this ‘blog helps me to work through thoughts and ideas, it will create synthetic moments. Sometimes such synthesis will come in the preparation of a post, sometimes it may come from the interaction of post, comment, and further comment. This means, of course, that comments are encouraged, whether in agreement or disagreement to the initial post.
The idea of synthesis implies change. I may change my mind and I hope you are open to doing so, too!
What’s the title all about? The idea of A Third Moment comes from the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Hegel described a first moment, or Thesis, as a proposition, or idea. This is followed by a second moment, or Antithesis, which negates the thesis. Hegel’s third moment is the Synthesis, which resolves the conflict between the first two moments.
To the extent this ‘blog helps me to work through thoughts and ideas, it will create synthetic moments. Sometimes such synthesis will come in the preparation of a post, sometimes it may come from the interaction of post, comment, and further comment. This means, of course, that comments are encouraged, whether in agreement or disagreement to the initial post.
The idea of synthesis implies change. I may change my mind and I hope you are open to doing so, too!
Great title Tom, I look forward to reading your posts. I suggest uyou add a gadget to make following easier. [i.e, RSS feed via reader or email or a followers gadget]
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