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  %DIFFERENT MATTERS PROBLEMS DILEMMA LANGUAGE WORD 911215

     The word "matter" is used in various ways:

     (1)  To  point to objective substance;  as  in  "What
kind of matter is that object made of?"

     (2)  To  point  to a dilemma/problem in a  way  which
suggests  that the essence is to be found within objective
substances; as in "What is the matter?"

     (3)  To   point  to  the  issue  of  what  difference
something makes; as in "What does it matter?"

     Uncritical consideration of statements which make use
of the word "matter" may lead some people to think in ways
which take for granted that physical objects are all  that
"matter"  because all that "matters"  is made of "matter".
When  confronted with any dilemma/problem people then  are
prone  to  ask what "matter"  needs to be  manipulated  in
objective  ways to solve the technical problem which  they
perceive.   When someone suggests that the dilemma is more
paradoxical than seems to be the case,  they are likely to
be asked,  "what is the matter"  with you?   If people are
unaware of compulsive use of a leading word like "matter",
they  are likely to be mislead by that use,  and not  know
what the "matter"  is and what new language and  questions
need to be attended to.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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