Hi Marsha --
> Below couldn't you have just as easily written: 'Value is the > actualization of experience.'? Yes, I could have written that. But it would have been an over-simplification, hence imprecise. The actualization of value requires a cognizant subject who stands outside the source. This source represents "all that is"--including Value--as an absolute. Therefore the subjective self is not value, but only value-sensibility. What the self actualizes (i.e., objectifies) is pre-intellectually sensed value which is differentiated by the organism and interpreted intellectually as being-aware. The process of actualizing finite phenomena is what we call experience. We think of experience as a passive (affective) reaction to objects and events in an external world. My epistemology is "phenomenalistic" in that it regards the relational universe as the "effective" experience of value. In other words, we effectively choose the values that make up the reality of our being, and to a great extent fashion the world as we want it. You do this when you create a work of art. Others do it when they design a bridge, cure a disease, solve a puzzle, draft a constitution, or negotiate a peace settlement. Human beings are the choicemakers of the world. (I seem to recall reading that somewhere.) You posed a thoughtful question, Marsha, and I thank you for another opportunity to answer it "my way". Kindest regards, 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/
