Krimel said: I was merely checking to see if you buy this notion of mental substance or disembodied consciousness. James would say no, that mental events arise from physical substance. There is a long history of attempts to validate James ideas here. I do not think this is unique to the MoQ.
dmb says: I disagree entirely. The idea that mental events arise from physical substance is exactly what James and Pirsig are against. They assert that "mental" and "physical" are products of reflection, abstractions of the qualitative differences known in direct experience. I posted the relevant quotes from James recently, so I'll spare you. [Krimel] Actually I wish you would at least remind me which post you are talking about. I always find your use of James amusing. I recall a post not long ago that had a bunch of them in it. But I decided not to embarrass you by commenting but now since you ask for it, I can't find the post. However, if you mean only the quote from A World of Pure Experience on radical empiricism don't bother. You have about worn that one out and yet still fail to understand it. BTW, I was in Boston last week and made a pilgrimage to Harvard's psychology building, William James Hall. I also visited Memorial Hall which James mentions several times in the Essays on Radical Empiricism. Took lots of pictures, including some of me at the podium that James lectured from. That ought to send chills down your spine. 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/
