[lbo-talk] Contradiction

[ravi]

On Nov 30, 2007, at 3:04 AM, Tahir Wood wrote:
>>>> <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> 11/29/07 7:06 PM >>>
> From: "Wojtek Sokolowski" <sokol at jhu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] law of value
>
> [WS:] Contradiction is a state of mind, not a state of reality.  There
> is nothing contradictory in reality - only material existence of  
> objects.
> Some of those objects may be annihilated by other objects under  
> certain
> circumstances - but that is not "contradiction" between these two  
> kinds
> of objects, but merely a transformation of material forms in  
> accordance
> with the laws of nature.
>
> ..................................................
>
> Stated differently, "contradiction: is an indicator of a fault in our
> thinking about reality rather than a fault in the reality itself.
> Consequently, if we encounter a "contradiction" we ought to change our
> thinking rather than expect reality to change as a result of that
> contradiction.

I am not sure what Woj intended, but I choose to read him as saying  
something like this (which I might say): contradiction is a property  
(or state) of logical systems. Logical systems are tools of the human  
mind.

	--ravi