Hi Ham A happy Xmas to you too.
NB For us MOQers experience is reality. David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ham Priday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:05 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Hume's Post-it to Ham > > Hi David (Craig mentioned) -- > >> An interesting exchange, I think we have managed >> to understand our differences now. > > If only we could understand each other's philosophy ;-) > >> To some extent I favour Pirsig over Hegel (undoubtedly >> the greatest ever metaphysician) for democratic reasons. >> Understanding Hegel is much much tougher. Almost an >> impossible effort. > > I, too, am an admirer of Hegel -- for metaphysical reasons, and debated > whether to include him in my list of "significant" contributors. Although > the writing is often obtuse, his formulation of concepts is impeccable, > and > I have found his concept of negation particularly useful in my thesis. > >> But for payoff against effort I'd recommend reading >> Pirsig to anyone who is not a fully paid up and addicted >> philosophy junky. And once again what I have read of >> your thesis it is an impressive achievement in terms, as >> Hesse would say, the 'glass bead game', but I doubt that it >> will change our world. > > Thanks for the kind words, David, and for your willingness to discuss our > differences without rancor. I think Craig's recent analysis of our debate > is right on the mark when he suggests that the core issue is not only what > can be explained but what needs to be explained. For me, an explanation > of > reality is fundamental to a metaphysical thesis. > > I've enjoyed our discussion also. Have a pleasant holiday season. > > 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/ > 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/
