{"id":5503,"date":"2014-03-12T12:08:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T19:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2014-03-17T09:52:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T16:52:44","slug":"session-4-assignment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5503","title":{"rendered":"Session 4, Assignment 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Field\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the Orginial TSK Book<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153field\u00e2\u20ac\u009d does not appear in the index of the first TSK book, which seems fitting since the concept of a field suggests a presence \u00c2\u00a0residing in the background of ordinary appearance.\u00c2\u00a0 But in each of Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s references there are two other words close by that do appear in the index: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dimension\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ground\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ground\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is more comforting than either \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dimension\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153field\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and points to the possibility of finding a place to stand.\u00c2\u00a0 On the other hand, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dimension\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153field\u00e2\u20ac\u009d suggest ways of looking at experience that require math or physics to make sense.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the idea of a field as more fundamental than the consolidating tendency that manifests as solid entities, suggests that everything is actually fluid and vibrant.<\/p>\n<p>The image of an underlying field also provides insight into my own studies of TSK.\u00c2\u00a0 My efforts to consolidate an understanding of TSK never quite succeed.\u00c2\u00a0 The several TSK books, Jack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s notes (in WIR and weekly orientations), comments and posts of fellow students, the provocative, unusual use of language, all keep me interested but on the edges of understanding.\u00c2\u00a0 A long-established desire to be finished keeps getting pushed aside in favour of a persistent suggestion that there is more to learn.<\/p>\n<p>This quality of suggestiveness is mysteriously its own reward\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnourishing the mind without the benefit of firm conclusions or solid proofs.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 &#8211;Michael Gray, 3\/17\/14<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Field\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the Orginial TSK Book \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153field\u00e2\u20ac\u009d does not appear in the index of the first TSK book, which seems fitting since the concept of a field suggests a presence \u00c2\u00a0residing in the background &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5503\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,112,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","category-field-communique","category-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}