Ron: You bring up some interesting points, I would think solipsism would be a Psychosis from society. I believe fundamentally human beings are social Creatures not solipsistic unless of course they are feral. My theory is that SOM is embedded in our natural language. Late Wittgenstein Arrived at a similar conclusion about how we intellectualize. Because S/O is embedded in our natural language creating our natural intellect, It would only seem natural to perceive reality in this way. But how then do Other cultures not recognize or not feel this distinction is of any Importance? Are they not as intelligent or do they simply define Experience differently?. How then do we Qualify SOM as AN intellectual Pattern instead of how Bo does as THE intellectual pattern.?
How does SOM fit into your interpretation of MoQ? [Krimel] Hey, Ron good to have you back. I am glad to hear that things went well for you. Now we can go sit in the park and swap hospital horror stories. But from one gimp to another, quitcher bitchin'. You type better with one hand than I do with two and everyone knows that one handed typing is an essential skill in the internet age. It's hard for me to see how a solipsist could blame anything on "society". The point is that while we can not doubt our own experience we can have no certainty as to its nature or from whence it arises. We adopt a stance as to the source and meaning of the external world as a matter of faith. There can be not absolute justification for our positions on this. I think SOM is embedded in our experience of the world and is certainly reflected in our language but as I have been saying a lot recently I don't think language is the bag of chips that most folks do. I think cross cultural studies are fascinating but I don't think they necessarily focus exclusively on linguistic differences and I think it would be especially hard to say whether cultural difference result from linguistic difference or if linguistic differences simply reflect cultural differences. As for how SOM fits into the MoQ I don't see what's wrong with Pirsig's notion that the MoQ incorporates it. Static and dynamic forces shape both our inner subjective experience and our shared inter-subjective experience of the world. 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/
