dear john, i am sorry its not you its me,..(sorry - couldn't resist) highest quality intellection....do you mean art?
are you equating truth with beauty/the sublime doesn't truth belong to the realm of experience? --- On Mon, 1/3/10, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Carl <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MD] meaning > To: [email protected] > Received: Monday, 1 March, 2010, 5:13 AM > To a Pirsigian, > > Truth belongs to the realm of the word. > > Truth is highest Quality intellection. > > > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:47 AM, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hey Ron, > > > > Truth is a feeling that confirms and harmonizes a > person's experience > > with her submerged assumptions about how the world > works. > > > > Just another thought. > > > > Regards, > > Platt > > > > > > > > > > On 28 Feb 2010 at 8:42, X Acto wrote: > > > > > Meaning and truth > > > > > > One of the best examples of meaning and truth may > be found in an old > > > three stooges bit. > > > > > > Moe, Larry and Curly are hanging drywall. > > > > > > Moe: get ta work! > > > > > > Curly: hey moe! the head of this nail is on the > wrong end > > > > > > Moe: You idiot!,.. that nail is for the other > wall... > > > > > > > > > what do we mean when we say something is "true" > > > > > > Meaning, Aristotle said, is that which we are > prepared to act on. > > > > > > Socrates to Hippias, that which is fine and good > is that which is useful. > > > > > > James in Pragmatism speaks of Pragmatic method as > making distinctions > > > by virtue of the difference in meaning that it > supplies, if it makes no > > difference > > > in meaning then it is a false arguement. > > > > > > Pragmatic truth is a way to weed out arguements > that have no meaningful > > consequences > > > in experience. > > > > > > just some thoughts > > > > > > > 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/md/archives.html > > > 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
