Monday, December 28, 2009

Math Logic and Political Philosophy

Any notion of 'Individuality' entails some concept of 'One'. For example, its prevalent connotations, Self-Sufficiency, Independence, etc. imply Cardinal Oneness, namely, self-subsistence and an absolute separation from other Numbers. In contrast, Ordinal Oneness, i. e. Firstness, entails a continuation beyond 'One', and, hence, is intrinsically other-directed. Hence, Individuality that entails Firstness entails the intrinsic Self-Insufficiency and Interdependence of paticular persons. And, just as, as has been previously argued, Cardinality abstracts from Ordinality, the prevalent American notion of Individuality, e. g. 'the Rugged Individual', is a partial, because under-Evolved, type of Individual, and the society that presents that notion as paradigmatic of membership in it, is an under-Evolved version of Democracy. More generally, Mathematical Logic and Political Philosophy are Systematically related, contrary to what is implied by the usual arrangement of Academic departments.

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