Okay, if one includes consequences or usefulness in the broader sense, I suppose one could conclude that rocks, etc. have purpose as well. Though I still prefer to consider purpose as requiring sentience.
On Apr 14, 8:46 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > Rocks become sand and clay, Gruff ! > > I see that as being its purpose. Imagine how else would we have > created our dwellings, worn clothes and eaten juicy melons ! > > In my view, the " purpose " need not be synonimous with intent or > drive. It may just lie in " consequences " or " usefulness," to the > rest of the creation down the line. > > Along these lines, trees are very much laden with purposes ! > > On Apr 15, 4:09 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Purpose presupposes sentience. Rocks have no purpose other than being > > a rock, if one can call that a purpose. I can't. But sentient > > creatures can have purpose. Purpose I believe is a choice, at least > > in creatures of higher intelligence, and since we are the highest > > intelligence in the known universe we have the greatest ability to > > create and choose purpose, which we do. Our purpose -- at least as > > far back as cave art -- is self defined, and given that much I suspect > > ever since our minds became elevated above all others we have chosen > > our own purpose. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
