On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Mati Palm-Leis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 1. How does your definition or understanding of intellectual > level/value differentiate the social level from the intellectual level as > well as social values from intellectual values? Please provide examples of > both intellectual and social values and share how your definitions of each > level are able to clearly discern the levels. Social values are what are commonly thought of as morals -- don't lie, cheat, steal, etc. Intellectual values are commonly thought of as scientific methods -- measurements, repeatable experiments, peer review, etc. 2. Given there is a evolutionary process to each of the levels, what > is a possible historical point in which represents the likelihood for the > birth of the Intellectual level, and what is the basis for this > period/event(s) chosen and how intellectual level changed or remained the > same over time. The intellectual level was born independently and simultaneously around 1600 by Galileo and Kepler who, using scientific methods, discovered the laws of earthly and planetary motion. Their basic methods have remained unchanged. > > 3. It seems clear that both social and intellectual levels use > language, but in different ways. Please describe how each level utilizes > language to sustain its level? The social level uses rhetoric and appeals to authority. The intellectual uses mathematics and appeals to agreement among peers. > > 4. Given that intellectual values dominate it's parent level, the > social level, yet must sustain and maintain a relative harmony with the > social level. Given your definition or understanding of intellectual > levels > how do intellectual values do that? > By avoiding moral pronouncements. Platt 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/
