Squaring the Circle
"Squaring the Circle with Straight Edge and
Compass"
How the Meru First Hand model provides
a philosophical solution to this ancient riddle.
(For clarity, this essau was written in "press-release
style,"and is therefore
a bit overblown and self-congratulatory, for which we
apologize.)
March 1999
Quotations on Quadrature
(Squaring
the Circle)
Updated November 1999
Excerpts on the history of quadrature, the quest to
"square
the circle."
A Purloined Letter: The Evidence is Not
Hidden
©1999 Stan Tenen
March 1999
Symmetry and Asymmetry
The contrast between complete symmetry and
complete
asymmetry is an important component to a discussion of philosophical
solutions
to "squaring the circle." The essays below present additional
approaches.
The Most Asymmetrical Spiral, ©1997
Stan
Tenen
March 1999
For an early paper on this subject, see:
The Light in the Meeting Tent,
©1986 Stan Tenen
in the Meru Archives
The Relationship of Language and Gesture
Excerpts from Why People Gesture When
they
Speak, ©1998 by Iverson and Goldin-Meadow
(Reprinted with authors' permission. Complete article
published in Nature, November 19, 1998)
Research shows that persons blind from birth gesture
while speaking in the same manner
and using the same range of gestures as do sighted
persons
--
even when speaking with another blind person.
Also highly recommended:
The
Gestural Origins of Language, ©1999 by Michael Corballis
(as published on the website of The American
Scientist,
the Sigma Xi Journal, March-April 1999 issue)
This article presents a wide range of research,
including
that of Iverson and Goldin-Meadow
on the subject of gesture and language.
The
Role
of the Hand in the Evolution of Language, by Prof. Ullin T. Place
(as published on the website of Psycoloquy, a
refereed online journal, January 2000 issue)
This important article by Prof. Place was published
shortly
after his death in January 2000 in Psycoloquy, an
online referred journal sponsored by the American
Psychological
Association. The following is an excerpt from the Abstract:
"Section III sets out eleven pieces of evidence for
the view that vocal language must have been preceded by an earlier
language
of gesture.
Based on those principles and evidence, Section IV
sets out seven proposed stages in the process whereby language evolved:
(1) the use of mimed movement to indicate an action
to be performed, (2) the development of referential pointing which,
when combined with mimed movement, leads to a
language
of gesture, ..."
Additional articles on the Relationship
of Language and Gesture are offered on
the Language
and Gesture Index on the Meru Foundation website.
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