At 04:16 PM 10/24/2008, Ham wrote:
Just a quick interjection...
What you seem to be aiming at is a teleology for the behavior of
inanimate objects and events. That's commendable, but it's a
different concept than claiming that rocks and trees "value" their
natural goals and ends. There is a certain "determinism" to the
universe in that it's self-sustaining and directed toward the
production of viable life forms.
The Universe is uncaused, like a net of jewels in which each is a
reflection of all the others in a fantastic, interrelated harmony
without end. The operative word is 'interrelated'. It is not
self-sustaining. And it directed towards dynamic quality.
What I'm saying is that experience literally CREATES what we see,
touch, and feel, and all the properties and laws of existence are
intellectualized from that experience. This is what I call
proprietary awareness, and it starts with the "value of otherness"
which is the locus of self-awareness to which all human beings are
sensible. In fact, "being aware" is the individual's fundamental
sense of value. Which means that the relational values that one
experiences as emotional feelings - awe, joy, moral goodness (or
evil) are all constructs of our value sensibility. To make sense of
these emotions, the brain and central nervous system integrates
organic sensation into a systematic whole which is our
worldview. Except for our individuated (space/time) perspective,
this view of a physical universe is the same for everybody, because
the value we sense is derived from the same essential source.
Experience (Quality) creates both objects and subjects. It's co-relational.
Sorry to interrupt.
Marsha
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