Hi Craig, > >> [Pirsig, via Steve again] >> "So what the Metaphysics of Quality concludes is that all schools are >> right on the mind-matter question. Mind is contained in static >> inorganic patterns. Matter is contained in static intellectual >> patterns." >>
Craig: >> This has always seemed a slip of the tongue to me. Does anyone >> else think so Steve: Maybe this will unpack it for you? RMP from LC: "Yes, the relationship of the MOQ to philosophic idealism is an important one that is not adequately spelled out in Lila. In a materialist system mind has no reality because it is not material. In an idealist system matter has no reality because it is just an idea. The acceptance of one meant the rejection of the other. In the MOQ both mind and matter are levels of value. Materialist explanations and idealist explanations can coexist because they are descriptions of coexisting levels of a larger reality. The MOQ does not deny the traditional scientific view of reality as composed of material substance and independent of us. It says it is an extremely high quality idea. We should follow it whenever it is practical to do so. But the MOQ, like philosophic idealism, says.this scientific view of reality is still an idea. If it were not an idea, then that “independent scientific material reality” would not be able to change as new scientific discoveries come in." Regards, Steve 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/
