Hi Bo --
On 3/11, at 12:23 AM, you wrote to Andre:
The 4th. level is NOT the thinking realm that SOM's "intellect" term indicates, but the Subject/Object distinction (in this context S=conceptual/ O=non-conceptual).
In the interest of trying (still) to comprehend your epistemology, I need more clarification.
Are you saying that intellect is the ability to distinguish the entities, objects or patterns of experience, or that it is only the ability to separate subject from object (as in the SOM duality)? If the former is what you mean, then it is consistent with what I call "intellection" which is applied to value-sensibility to "actualize" or construct differentiated existence. If it's only dividing the subject from its objects, I would suggest you really mean "self-awareness" or subjective cognizance, since everything else is objective.
As you know, I regard the primary division (Sensibility/Otherness) as pre-intellectual, in the same way that Pirsig considers Quality to be pre-intellectual. Sensibility is individuated in the process of gestation, so that a sense of self is developed at birth, allowing the infant to acquire a sense of otherness from post-natal experience. Intellection comes much later with the ability to form concepts. If you disagree with this timeline, how would you chronicle it?
Thanks, again, Bo. We'll give it another try. Regards, Ham 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/
