tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892275.post6225871903085422580..comments2014-07-18T22:45:33.564-04:00Comments on erratic semaphore: Defining Music, AgainAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427077588637523185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892275.post-90397083119276377282009-11-27T07:33:04.952-05:002009-11-27T07:33:04.952-05:00By defining, you lose the ability to truly know.Of...By defining, you lose the ability to truly know.<br><br>Of course, without a definition, you have no thesis, so... ;)Jason LaPortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08628183493411357719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892275.post-33653208652753150802009-11-27T10:14:27.255-05:002009-11-27T10:14:27.255-05:00Just to be clear, any theoretical definitions I pr...Just to be clear, any theoretical definitions I propose aren't meant to be a substitute for experiential understanding (I think what you mean by "truly knowing"). They should both inform each other.Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15336246897173047011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892275.post-71411562786395535832009-11-27T23:04:42.632-05:002009-11-27T23:04:42.632-05:00The definition, of course, is a tool for the purpo...The definition, of course, is a tool for the purposes of communication. It is necessarily a flawed tool, yet we have no better ones (and, I would say, need no better ones).<br><br>Of course, my original statement was meant as a joke, so I'm merely waxing philosophical for the sake of waxing philosophical. :)<br><br>Tangentially, this reminds me of a fun paradox I take from Taoism: a Master teaches by example, not by direct instruction (e.g. writing); and yet if there were no Tao Te Ching or no Chuang-Tzu, I would not have the same understanding of the Tao.Jason LaPortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08628183493411357719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892275.post-80363956920744144892009-11-27T23:52:50.586-05:002009-11-27T23:52:50.586-05:00A great example — I wouldn't call it a "p...A great example — I wouldn't call it a "paradox", but definitely not immediately intuitive :) Stories like that remind me why Yin/Yang is associated with Taoism.Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15336246897173047011noreply@blogger.com