vector

[Alex Colter]

One could conceive 'Vector of Desire' being something like a Direction of
Desire (along a 3-dimensional plane...?)

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:

> What he probably means here in M&D is simply a 'course or direction'. None
> of that Hamiltonian stuff that crops up in AtD, as Hamilton was not even
> born yet.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Madeleine Maudlin <
> madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Without googling the word, I took vector to be a measurement or amount,
>> which rendered the term desire and the whole phrase obscure to me.  A
>> Measure of Desire?  Well, they're talking about measuring things, aren't
>> they.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:40 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> DePugh, coming from Cambridge, means probably the direction to be
>>> taken "to the Object we wish to examine", l'objet du desire.
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> 2012/5/25 Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>:
>>> > Can someone, or everyone, help me understand "vector", as in "A Vector
>>> of
>>> > Desire"? pg 96, M&D.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>
>>
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