DM: I'd suggest you are ignoring basics here like talk of 'law' came from theology & divine law and deism and led to the sort of science we have. Could be other god talk could open new forms of science if we hit on the right concepts or metaphors. Science is very dependent on concepts and metaphors from other areas. Robert Young the historian unoicks all of Darwin's & Herbert Spencer's concepts and shows how they came out of Victorian capitalism for example. That origin does not of course undermine their use but Darwinism could not have easily appeared in the same way in a different period. It would have used a different language.
David M >> DM: If we do not allow DQ some divine qualities, is there not a danger >> that others will be driven to create something else to attach these >> qualities to? >> >> [Krimel] >> I don't think it makes sense to talk about DQ like this at all. DQ is not >> a thing or a force. It is a property of Quality. It has descriptive value >> not causal efficacy. > > DM: Surely it does, as talk about god has been an attempt to talk > about non-thing, non-force qualities. We might suggest that god talk > is mis-guided DQ talk for us MOQers. > > [Krimel] > I guess I just don't regard descriptions of appearance to necessarily be > explanations; just as correlation indicates coincidence but not causality. > We can use god-talk or purpose-talk or teleology-talk to help develop a > personal orientation or a personal relationship to the events in our > lives. > After all everything that happens to me is personal. But while my lucky > rabbit's foot might make me feel better in the face of chance, I think it > is > delusional to believe it actually brings good fortune. > > > 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/ > 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/
