Hi ian That's right because there is no way past experience and langauage. That's our reality.
And, of course, our experience seems to be a flood of possibilities and potential. A sea upon which a few patterns emerge and float for a while. DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [MD] "100% confident" > Hi David, > > Ontology as the creative linguistic act - defining what you will > "deem" to exist - as the basis for your epistemology (or poetry) going > forward .... I'm fine with that. > > Ontology as existence - is where I jump of - when metaphysicians start > talking as if this ontology is about (a) what actually exists in some > absolute reality, and (b) whether that is provable one way or another, > empirically or logically. > > Ian > > > On 10/17/07, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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 >> >> > 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/
