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T. S. Eliot: Four Quartets

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sq_four_quartets5At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement.

— From Burnt Norton by T. S. Eliot

Time is a child playing dice.

— Heraclitus

See:

http://www.davidgorman.com/4Quartets/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Quartets

https://quadriformisratio.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/the-four-quartets/

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fourfolds, Science

The Four New Elements

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sq_new_elementsFour new elements have been named! They are Nihonium (Nh 113), Moscovium (Mc 115), Tennessine (Ts 117), and Oganesson (Og 118).

References:

IUPAC is naming the four new elements nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson

Also see:

https://equivalentexchange.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/the-four-elements-of-empedocles/

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fourfolds, Philosophy

Timothy Williamson’s Tetralogue

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sq_tetralogueA recent book of introductory philosophy is Timothy Williamson’s Tetralogue: I’m Right, You’re Wrong. Instead of using a dialogue with two viewpoints used by some classical philosophers, Williamson structures his book into a tetralogue, or a conversation with four viewpoints.

The viewpoints are portrayed by four individuals as they enjoy a lengthy train ride: Zac (Relativism), Sarah (Naturalism, Empiricism, Skepticism, Fallibilism, Materialism, Scientism), Bob (Culturalism, Traditionalism, Conservatism, Ancestralism), and Roxana (Rationalism, Logicalism).

Who’s right and who’s wrong? I haven’t read it yet but it looks interesting!

Several reviews:

http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/59251-tetralogue-i-m-right-you-re-wrong/

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/tetralogue-im-right-youre-wrong-by-timothy-williamson/2018800.article

A Twitter account to follow (I didn’t know it would do that):

Also see:

https://equivalentexchange.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/four-philosophies/

https://equivalentexchange.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/stances-towards-truth/

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On Things, Thoughts, Words, and Actions

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sq_ordering_autonomy_modeling_translationH. L. Ulman / Things, Thoughts, Words, and Actions: the problem of language in late Eighteenth-Century British rhetorical theory

Review at:

Click to access jacobs-things.pdf

Consequently, he closes by proposing “four principles for analyzing the relations among systems of things, thoughts, words, and actions.” As defined by Ulman, these principles are translation (the ordering of one set of relations such that it models selected aspects of other sets of relations); modeling (the creation of new relations by systematic translation); ordering (the response of one system of relations to changes in others); and autonomy (the capacity of one system of relations to resist ordering by others).

Also see:

https://equivalentexchange.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/things-thoughts-words-and-actions/

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