Hi SA/Ian If you need to make a painting of an oasis a mirage will do just fine.
DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Perella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [MD] subject/object: pragmatism >> dmb says: >> ...An actual oasis in the desert will provide >> actual water while a mirage can't provide anything >> but disappointment. The difference is known by the >> consequences, which is literally a matter of life >> and death in this case. As the pragmatist construes >> it, true ideas are so because they successfully >> guide future actions. Definitions, distinctions and >> ideas play a different role and are no longer >> expected to properly mirror reality, but there is no >> less need for them in pragmatism. > > The mirage is very real. A mirage is more real > than an actual oasis in the desert where actual water > is. Of course, this mirage is as real as mirages get. > You seem to be asserting that an actual oasis is > real, more real than a mirage oasis. An actual oasis > is real if you want water to drink. A mirage oasis > will provide you with no water - an actual oasis can't > do that, thus, a mirage oasis is more real at > providing no water than an actual oasis. I don't see > why the need for saying an actual oasis is more real > than a mirage oasis. Sure it's in the consequence, > but the consequence will give you what's coming to > you. I don't see this as a more real, less real > issue. > > SA > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > 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/
