> Ham to Marsha: > A true metaphysics, in my opinion, is a cogent concept that > explains the origin and purpose of existence as it relates to ultimate > Reality.
In essence then you are taking on the internationally renown uber-reductionist scientist Richard Dawkins who in his magum opus: "The Ancestor's Tale- A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution," we read: "Ernst Mayr, distinguished elder statesman of twentieth-century evolution, has blamed the delusion of discontinuity-under its philosophical name of Essentialism-as the main reason why evolutionary understanding came so late in human history. Plato, whose philosophy can be seen as an inspiration for Essentialism, believed that actual things are imperfect versions of an ideal archtype of their kind........ He concludes this background info with a this single sentence paragraph: "There is no such thing as essence." And then continues on for four pages to explain why and revisits the issue multiple times during the rest of the book. Good luck with that one Ham. Dave 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/
