Hi Steve. You wrote On 2 Jan.
> Bo said: > >Steve you are an "oldie" around this place and must remember > >my countless references to the "Oxford Advanced" (Eighteenth > >impression 1985) ISBN 0 194311066 6) that says: > > "Power of the mind to reason, contrasted with feeling and > > instinct." > Steve: > This is the sort of definition that I kept coming across that I > couldn't see as suggesting subjective/objective knowledge > distinctions. > Bo: > >"Power of the mind" we may disregard for what is not power of > >mind? > Steve: > I would say organic, biological, and social patterns as well as DQ are > not power of mind. All right, in most people's opinion "intellect" is thinking or "power of mind", full stop, they disregards the rest of what the dictionaries say, namely that "intellect" is how that power is used!. And from this blind spot the 4th. level started out flawed, and now it has become a principle of not agreeing with this person. > Bo: > > (I'll rather say power of intelligence) REASON is the arch- objective > > feature and FEELING the arch-subjective ditto. So the power/ability to > > distinguish between the two looks very much how the said dictionary > > defines "intellect". I know that other dictionaries defines "intellect" > > less SOL-like and more SOM-like; the ability to think, as MIND for > > short. > Steve: > Okay, now I see why you view that definition as support for the SOL. I > just don't agree with your premise that reason implies objectivity and > feeling and instinct imply subjectivity. If THAT is your objection it can't be helped. To paraphrase "Annie get your gun" ....anything you say I can say "no" to". > Personally I wouldn't call anyone an SOMist who is interested in > seeing where Pirsig's Experience=Quality postulate takes us. You are not like old grumpy me. Bo 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/
