> > Concerning your assertion that Essence is "ruled out by radical > empiricism", > regrettably, this would seem to be the case. The empiricists have > effectively repealed spirituality, subjectivity, individual freedom, > metaphysics, and teleology from our culture as "reified abstractions".
DM: Yes all that is experienced is found in experience. Radical empiricism brings down all such experiences from higher relams, other realms and abstractions. Experience is rich with spirit, qualities, freedom, poetic descriptions, and purpose. Let's experience the richness now and not imagine that it does not exist here and now. The > only reality they acknowledge is experiential existence, and there is even > some doubt about that. I have a simpler word for what you academics like > to > call "reification". Nihilism. > > --Ham > > > > 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/
