----- Original Message ----- From: "David M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [MD] MOQ and some interesting a-theology quotes about non-gods
> Hi all MOQers <snip>> > "On non-language, everyone seems to find the point hard to grasp. I've > argued that all our thinking is transacted in language . . . Therefore all > our apprehension of the world is language-mediated. But in that case what's > the difference between a complete description of A and A's actual existence? > We can't say in words, so we use the non-words "non-language" of Being > (under erasure). Being (under erasure) is prior to the distinction between > Plato's timeless Being and temporal becoming. So it may be written as > Be(com)ing. It is the indescribable, gentle, constant-yet-only-contingent > forthcomingness of everything. Being (under erasure) gives itself to > language. Being (under erasure) is not a thing, not even a proper noun, but > it deserves religious respect . . .It is not an Almighty Lord, as God was. > It is immanent and ubiquitous. It supports our language as hot air supports > a balloon . . . we do indeed need a sort-of-idea of something out there > beyond all the equations; but it must remain indescribable and purely > immanent." > > There is more than one type of "thinking" in the world that is non-language. Assuming of course that one leaves one's chair and participates in such. Thinking in this case is information processing for problem solving. It is easy to overestimate the reach of language and dismiss what you are actively not looking for... 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/
