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                %UNDERSTANDING REFLEXIVE CATEGORIES 861221

     To    understand   objective   relationships    among
interacting  objects  scientists  have  refined  objective
categories  in  terms of which to understand  and  discuss
objective  relationships:    mass,   position,   velocity,
acceleration,  force, energy, momentum, rotation,  charge,
current,   etc.   The fruit of such understanding  is  the
ability  to  predict and control;  in the absence of  such
fruit   there  is  doubt  that  the  trek  of   scientific
understanding  is real and worthy of respect.   Scientific
knowledge   and   understanding  are   validated   through
prediction  and  control  of the  behavior  of  impersonal
objects.

     To   understand   and  participate  meaningfully   in
personal  subjective  relationships  among  members  of  a
community---scholars     need     to   refine     personal
subjective  categories  and words  in terms  of  which  to
participate   in and  discuss their   personal  subjective
relationships:     dialogue,     honesty,        intimacy,
vulnerability,  security, trust,  confession, forgiveness,
responsiveness,    presence,   guilt,     excommunication,
rejection,   acceptance,   etc.     The  fruit   of   such
knowledge  is  the  ability  to  participate  meaningfully
and    with  satisfaction  in  communal  life---and    the
promotion of both personal and communal integrity.  In the
absence  of  such  fruit their is reason  to  suspect  the
presence of the knowledge  of good and evil from the  tree
in   the  midst  of  the  garden.     Charitable  personal
knowledge   and   understanding  are   confirmed   through
sacrificial   participation   in  personal  and   communal
integrative processes which bring meaning and satisfaction
to human communities.

     An attempt to achieve subjective personal  knowledge,
understanding,     prediction and control (in the   manner
of objective  scientists)   is  a tragic  step  away  from
goal.    A   failure to recognize the  differences between
the various kinds of knowledge is bound to lead to  tragic
behavior   which  is lead by sincere convictions   in  the
propriety   and  relevance  of disintegrative   kinds   of
"knowledge".
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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