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Popper's
"World Two",
seen as a reality, and Philosophy as its resident, its
owner, would mean that a philosopher should be "active" in any branch and even
should take back any knowledge falling in its duty. Just
as a CEO will assume a defective manager's job, (what Kant did
with his second "Critique"...) I understood Wittgenstein
after learning he
spoke only at 4 years, (like Einstein).
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Dr.
Ken NAKAYAMA and
Dr. Gayle SPECK, |
Dr. BRADLEY
C. DUCHAINE, Institute of cognition NeuroSciences Prosopagnosia research Center University of London, Alexandra house, 17 Queen St. LONDON WC1N 3AR |
Dear
friends,
I'm late to answer your nice
letter. But, at reaching my 80th
birthday, I would like to finish a first book on a different
philosophy. I'm awfully slow in writing. Auto-translating, (in English
then in Spanish), leads sometimes to complete re-writings.
Therefore I
find no time to prepare a WEB dedicated only to "autism", worthy of the
prosopeople's webs on your list.
"Face-blindness
has many faces".
I could prepare a biography with
the "judgments", (just "points
of views"),
of various "psys" in different times of my life. In my opinion,
"prosopamnesia" can't be 'born' but just the result of circonstances in
the first months. Therefore, having no faces in stock pushes to
solitude, not to solicitude. "When
young he did'not care for
others", as my mother wrote, (and her letter was used in a tribunal
against me!). But my God-mother described me: "We put you on a
blanket with lots of things and you gave a 'royal peace'...
My mother probably accepted me as
a "village idiot" and she
sent me to school at 5 years and a half, because "no hurry".
In fact, I, consciously, willingly, avoid talking. But my mind was very
active and later I could overpass my brother. I don't know another case
of making the "holy communion"
at 11, with a dispense of age. That's
needs swallowing 8, (eigth), years in 4, (four). Then I was adopted for
the strangest "program" and
run, run. At 22 years, I had a "fit"
and
one month "isolation". More
happy than Auguste Comte, the "psy"
declared, (after one month without talking) : "I don't understand your case, I send
you home..." Through my
"special education", I had probably the brain best prepared for true
philosophy.
A prof of psy took labelled me as
"the greatest absent-minded he
ever met..." Another gave me "asperger"... I
remember saying to a lady psy giving me "genius": "Don't
write that, somebody could say I paid you" and asking her to
discuss Einstein's brain. She maintained her judgment but refused the
talk. My "preferred": a lady psy declaring me "half logical
and half logical mind"! I explained my theory of creativity and I
was offered a mission in a well-known atomic plant! But I got also "paranoia".
Presently, I'm following the two US Groups on "late-talkers".
Apparently not many "voluntary
late-talkers", (like
Wittgenstein), detected. Maybe by absence of looking for them.
Therefore, I think "face-blindness"
has many faces, like
the proteas I saw in Cap-Town: either asparagus, pine, artichoke,
or ivy...
I
propose "Hautisme", ("High-Autism"),
for this
kind of asocial, very creative and "pragmatists"
people. Most of them
have contributed to the creation of philosophy: Newton, calling himslef
philosopher,
("absent-mindedness" and
studied by Locke), Darwin, ("prosopamnesia"
and a theme for Peirce-Wright and "modern
naturists" like D. Dennett),
Einstein, ('voluntary late-talker",
by Popper), and Wittgenstein,
("late-talker"). I try to
develop hiss ideas, about "solution by
dissolution", my reason to adopt him since I had to invent
this/his way
to discover him and understand his doctrine. (I really understood him
after learning he spoke only at 4 years, like Einstein). If all is
played and settled at 4, what the logic acquired by an active mind
never asking questions ? What kind of "religion"?
Now, when Ludwig said: "Philosophy is an activity",
didn't he
mean, "is creativity". It
would be an extension of Popper's idea about
"World Two", This "world", seen as a reality, and Phi as its resident,
its
owner, would mean that a philosopher should be "active" in most
branches and even should take back any branch falling in its duty. Just
as a CEO will assume a defective manager's job. A lot.
Kant agrees since he thought
philosophy had something
different from all other knowledges, (easy to prove the "Alma Mater"
started them all). That's why I tried "demos" in the most varied
branches, philosophy of course, management, computing, art, history,
"religion"... with extremes
reactions. In Switzerland I got an
inscription as an "expert to the
International Office of Labor", (1971),
without begging; in Spain, I left "legends",
(1965-69). In Algeria, I
implanted the first "M.I.S",
(1978, in SONATRACH, all documents reduced
to "one unique record inside
computer"). This M.I.S. was both a
Wittgensteinian "solution
by dissolution" and a preparation for a total
synthesis of knowledge. It was discussed in the seventies with the
Chief-Editor of DATAMATION, the unique top computing revue, (I wanted
to know if somebody had found so simple, so obvious, so logical a
solution, (the golden dream of cobol-coders); apparently they just
wanted the solution). In Mexico, (2001), a book gives me "mente
privilegiada"... (for my writing about prosopamnesia). But the
sequestration of my daughter by the Espanazi Church, (1967), gave me
another title in the
Vatican;
(and much time for philosophy!) Now, I
supposed French thinkers would classified this dispertion as
"pure
poor pragmaticism".
Remembering that your William
James, (with a bit of hautism ?),
sent a first copy of his "pragmatism"
to the "Revue de Philosophie" in
France, (about 1857 ?). He greatly admired Renouvier, a forgotten but
true philosopher, (very helpful to him). I therefore send to Harvard
the central, capital chapter, about my interpretation and continuation
of Wittgenstein's philosophy. I wonder whether this philosophy will be
accepted as animating Popper's "World Two", being creativity.
Nobody
was so glad as I, about the "French Bashing".
"French philosophy",
("spiritualism" would be better); started
when introduced in secondary schools by Napoleon, in 1806, to replace
the Church Catechism. Therefore, a mass-production of "fast-sophers
certified in history of philosophy". Aron, a good judge,
described the
French phi-course "50%
redactionism and 50% history of philosophy "par
coeur"). Getting this "phi-diplomocul"
is very easy for "memorions",
coming from a low cultured environment, (I say a "philo-nest"), that
during their first years engraves minds for life with "Aristotology".
Most of them convinced they could renew philosophy but unable to solve,
(and even avoiding the real problems of our time); rmost
of them
ignoring Popper or Wittgenstein, (profs at West Point ignoring Foch and
Eisenhower!). In France: "philosophers" are extremely occupied about a
"New Philosophy of Morale",
"the Foundation of Religion",
"the
Religious without Religion"... Busy to introduce the "Three-Religions",
(a joke I never met in Spain...), quite able to challenge any
professional preacher: "Les
idées manquent, les mots jamais".
And some
are preaching, (like RenéGirard, "scape-goat"), even in cathedrals
like Saulian Serres, ex Roman
little-rature fellows in Princeton , now aca-demi-français.
I don't expect much of the "Brights" movement, limited to
the
culture level of its creators, (middle class). I surely appreciate
Dennett, Dawkins but many "phis"
in USA spend too much time on Descartes.
They should be remembered the "mission"
he received from
cardinal Bérulle, to replace Aristotle as a support of Christian
theology and to fight atheism, active in that time... The
Descartes-in-bookshops was created by Malebranche, a priest of a
Bérulle anxious to recuperate what was usable.
Sincerely your

G.
Lelarge,
"philoManager",
Ingénieur
informaticien,
(Poly of Enfield, National Computing Center, 1970-1973),
inscrit
expert
au Bureau
international du travail, (1971 à retraite) suite
à
contribution informatique, (1965), jugée exceptionnelle par spécialistes
du Management. Intervention comme consultant dans 175
entreprises,
(50 à 80.000 employés): Philips, IBM WORLD TRADE,
SONATRACH,
Ministères Algérie, Venezuela..., Mines du Zaïre, etc...