Hi again, Bo -- I didn't want to leave the impression that I was mocking your theory. Actually, I like the way you think and admire your perspicacity in holding out for what you believe is the correct placement of Intellect in the MoQ hierarchy. What frustrates me, however, is what I think should also frustrate you; namely, having to assign a hypothetical level to what is clearly a subjective human faculty, thereby rendering it a "universal" in the abstract platonic sense. There is nothing more unequivocal in my philosophy than the proprietary nature of cognizant awareness. So, perhaps you will understand my aversion to the notion of intelligence, intellection, consciousness, or organic sensibility as "universal properties".
When you say, "This mind/brain (S/O) distinction is intellect's VALUE!", you ring my chimes, because this is exactly what I've tried to express in my thesis. The problem is that you don't carry this concept through to completion. It comes across as just an axiom without ontological support. You go on to say: > The fact that this subject seemingly surveys both the subjective and > the objective realities is result of ever more turns of the S/O screw. > It has turned since the Greeks and we may no longer figure out all > its intricacies. The MOQ is an Ariadne thread that finally can lead > us out of intellect's S/O labyrinth. Agreed. Then lead us out of the labyrinth by explaining the role Value plays in reversing or annulling the S/O distinction. For example, I maintain that Value is what connects the subject to its objective reality, that by appropriating Value for itself the finite subject incrementally dissolves the "self/other", S/O distinction and restores the unity of its absolute source, intellectualizing (i.e., experiencing) the differentiated world of beingness in the process. If you comprehend this ontological paradigm--even if you can't accept it--I would be most grateful if you could put it in the context of your SOL for comparative purposes. In this way, we could perhaps have a constructive dialogue on the cosmological, epistemological, and ontological aspects of both philosophies. I suspect that such a discussion might have more than passing interest to the MoQists in this forum. Thanks for your willingness to consider my ideas, Bo. I would wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving, except that this holiday has no historical basis for celebration in Norway. So have a pleasant weekend, anyway, and take care until the next time we talk. Essentially yours, 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/
