New memberL Norman McPhail

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Name: Norman K. McPhail
Email Address: norm@socal.wanet.com
URL of home page: http://204.94.86.93
Postal Address: 930 Via Mil Cumbres #177
Solana Beach, CA. 92075
Phone: (619) 481-3725
Affiliations: None worth mentioning that relate to this site.

I found this PCP site searching for material on Logical Typing.

For the past four years I've been working on writing a treatment for a
24 part PBS documentary TV series called THE DAWN OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING. About a year ago I converted the text to html and put it
on the Internet at the abovementioned address.

I was surprised to find that many of the ideas and principles that I
thought I had invented or discovered were articulated in a more abstract
and academic form in various parts of the PCP web site. By the same
token, as I reviewed the contents of this site, I found what I felt were
a number of areas that were missing as well as some that were not fully
fleshed out. Since I literally started from scratch in building a model
of human understanding, it is natural that there are many areas where my
model is quite different from and in my mind more comprehensive than the
ones put forth on this site.

Rather than restate things I've already covered in some detail, I will
refer you to the PREFACE, INTRODUCTION and SYNOPSIS pages on the above
site. This should give you a general notion of what I've done and how
it fits in with the PCP site. If you want more specifics or have
questions that relate to the contents on my site, please drop me an
e-mail note. I'm open to your suggestions as to where I can add to the
contents on the PCP site or work with others in areas of mutual
interest.

Norm McPhail