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Thanks a lot, it was just that i was hopping to get. For the people who brag against, if they read my first post, i was asking for something that i was sure i've read on the list, and even if it's off-topic and not related to xsl, it was on this list. I was trying and hoping the original poster remembers it and point me to the right direction, as it did happen. Thanks again, David, for remember it and On 10/21/05, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Antonio, > > I think I remember that thread; I probably posted to it. > > There is a principle discussed in philosophy (epistemology) called > the "hermeneutic circle", which goes back to the nineteenth and > twentieth centuries (Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer). > > Some more or less random Googling: > > http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/hermeneutics- _1.html > > http://www.capurro.de/ny86.htm > > I don't recall the specific point that this paradox (needing to know > something in order to learn it) is dealt with in practice by the > making of assumptions and acceptance of basic principles on "say-so" > until they are understood: maybe that was our contribution and not > part of the classic literature (though it's hard to imagine it > doesn't touch on this aspect). > > I hope that helps, > Wendell > > At 09:12 AM 10/21/2005, you wrote: > >I'm sorry for the OT, but i've spend two days searching the list > >archives and my personal mail archive and couldn't find what i'm > >looking for. > > > >Some months ago i recall a post on this lists about learning xslt / > >serching for information, in wich the author refres to a theory, or > >theorm, or postulate, that basically says something like > > > >"the difficulty in learning something is not knowing in what part of > >the subject one must start learning, since one knows nothing about it" > > > >The author of that post also mention that it's because of such a > >theorem that the learning process starts by assuming some "absolute > >truths" like dogmas or postulates, start from there to learn the > >subject, and later get back to those dogmas to understand why they are > >true. > > > >So can someone knows what is that theory, what's is name and author, > >or something related to? > > > >Once again, sorry for the OT, and thanks for any help. > > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > ======================================================================
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