Hi Ian MOQ ontology or epistemology. I'd say the latter deals with justified belief in the different languages we use (science, common sense, etc). But before you can argue about facts and evidence you need to set up your concepts and terms. I see this area as about language creation, description, metaphor. Ontology is the creative act of producing a language ionwhich epistemologies can exist, i.e. justified belief. So MOQ does this kind of ontology. Poetry is true (i.e. no pretence of certainty and foundations) ontology and philosophy.
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [MD] "100% confident" > David M, Ham, et al ... > > Ham suspects arguments for their own sake; David, you say >> >> I think the MOQ is a metaphysics, it is not about describing >> any distinction about the real and apparent but all about >> articulating our most basic categories used to describe experience. >> > > I agree .... I'm saying the "argument" about whether it is a > metaphysics or not is pointless, and the argument about whether as a > metaphysics it establishes some fundamental ontology is also > pointless. > > (The negation of the existence of a metaphysics says no more than the > assertion. The argument is to say this is not an argument I want to > have.) > > That's because whatever it is, MoQ is as you say about descriptions of > experience - more epistemological than ontological. But again, it is > what it is, the backward pigeon-holing doesn't help, except to > understand how it arose in the context of existing philosophy. > > Ian > 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/
