Hi Dan Great quote, good suggestion. The implications of this quote seem key and very great to me.
David M > "But if there is no substance, it must be asked, then why isn't everything > chaotic? Why do our experiences act as if they inhere in something? If you > pick up a glass of water why don't the properties of that glass go flying > off in different directions? What is it that keeps these properties > uniform > if it is not something called substance? [...] > The answer provided by the Metaphysics of Quality is similar to that given > for the "causation" platypus. Strike out the word "substance" wherever it > appears and substitute the expression "stable inorganic pattern of value." > Again the difference is linguistic. It doesn't make a whit of difference > in > the laboratory which term is used. No dials change their readings. The > observed laboratory data an., exactly the same, > The greatest benefit of this substitution of "value" for "causation" and > "substance" is that it allows an integration of physical science with > other > areas of experience that have been traditionally considered outside the > scope of scientific thought. Phaedrus saw that the "value" which directed > subatomic particles is not identical with the "value" a human being gives > to > a painting. But he saw that the two are cousins, and that the exact > relationship between them can be defined with great precision. Once this > definition is complete a huge integration of the humanities and sciences > appears in which platypi fall by the hundreds. Thousands." (LILA) > > Dan comments: > > So instead of asking of people are real or figments of imagination, it > seems > better to ask: do we value people? The answer is yes. To think in terms of > value instead of substance doesn't change people yet it changes our > perception of people. > > Thank you, > > Dan > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
