Hi Christopher,
> I am young, and compared to a lot of you I am very new to this, but I > firmly > believe that a fundamental mistake is taking place here. I feel that > the > major criticism of the SOL is mainly based on some vague impression > that if > rationality (SOM) is the 4th level that would diminish the Quality of > the > other levels - that to recognize that would be saying that the other > levels > aren't as "Good". It is not really so. They are static patterns of > Good, all > by themselves, and nothing diminishes that. The SOL makes a quite > clear cut: > I think this is what Bodvar means, it doesn't leave anything, It > doesn't > harm anything, it's a tool, to make the MOQ work as good as possible. I > think It might do just that. Nothing is lost, but a lot is gained. I > think > it is as simple as that. I say, and do please challenge me on this, > that > most of the opposition to this comes from the misunderstanding of the > SOL > diminishing everything that is not within the 4th level. It doesn't > really > do that. This is not advocating the SOM, this is not going back to a > preZMM > understanding, it is just making the MOQ run more smoothly. Steve: The levels are levels of...of...levels of what?? They are better thought of as types of patterns. We infer Value from patterns of preferences... even a preference for rocks to fall down rather than up. The MOQ describes four types of patterns of value situated in an evolutionary hierarchy: Inorganic patterns, biological patterns, social patterns, and intellectual patterns. The intellectual level contains all patterns of thought. Making subjective/objective knowledge distinctions is just one of these patterns of thought. Arguing that reality = Quality is another pattern of thought. 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/
