“The very (Greek) definition of definition is one of judgment from the context of a courtroom, kategorein: to accuse. To define is to accuse to a particular role, and not every species, at least within a scientific ecology, will have an advocate” (112).
Morey argues that literacy encourages a categorization system based on whole and homogeneity; this necessarily means that there are parts we do not end up seeing. This is problematic when we consider how the left out parts relate (or not) to the things in our categorization. For instance, to create a categorization system that states that humans have fingernails suggests that those born without fingernails are not human (108). Also, we should create categorization systems based on what we need to look at. Meanwhile, Morey states, electracy encourages a look at the parts, particularly because even when we consider wholes, we recognize that those wholes are part of bigger wholes. So, he argues that we should start with the individual and work out way out (111). This helps us reconsider and redefine what we categorize because we should need to take the categories apart to re-stitch them (which would be continually repeated). He also maintains, “An electrate nature would not replace literate nature, but provide another ‘tool’ for cutting and stitching.” (119).
“The very (Greek) definition of definition is one of judgment from the context of a courtroom, kategorein: to accuse. To define is to accuse to a particular role, and not every species, at least within a scientific ecology, will have an advocate” (112).
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