Krimel said to dmb: I don't really see how the linguistic turn applies to whether or not you reject the existence of a world external to your own thoughts. Or how such a view could be reconciled with a scientific view. Or how you can possibly regard the MoQ as dualistic.
dmb says: You are correct, sir! You really don't see it. Krimel said to dmb: Or why you think mystical experiences have not been the subject of scientific study. dmb says: I don't think that. There is a guy that used to be at my school that wrote a thing called "Zen and the Brain". Its just that I object to the reductionism we usually find along with it. Krimel said: Or why you think the universality of mystical experiences makes them more valid guides to truth than universally reported hallucinations or dreams. dmb says: I don't think that. Hallucinations and dreams are very much worth studying and have suffered from a similar neglect. But mysticism is more interesting to me. I've come to dislike the word "universality" and don't use it much. Seems better just to say mystical experiences are widely known and don't belong to any particular time or culture. _________________________________________________________________ Reveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live. http://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us 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/
