In a message dated 2/28/09 1:07:54 PM, [email protected] writes:
> You > have said, "the quality resides in the object." My position is not only that > > your assertion about the location of "qualities" is wrong, but that > "qualities" > -- as entities in the world outside our minds -- don't exist at all. > > Note: I do believe in the non-mental world, the "material" world. I'm with > you in your belief in "raw material" "out there". Note further that I'm not > denying solely the existence of merely "judgmental qualities" -- goodness, > badness, niceness, kindness, prettiness, pettiness. I'm denying the > non-mental > existence of hardness, redness, tigerness, waterness. To begin to convey my > It is our minds we are discussing, and not the minds of the material world if there are any. When we say that an object has a quality,we mean that our minds perceive it as having a quality. It is the mental construct we are discussing and what is meant by that. Kate Sulllivan ************** Get a jump start on your taxes. Find a tax professional in your neighborhood today. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=Tax+Return+Preparation+%26+Filing&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000004)
