Andre,

Move on, or not.  I still think Bo has the better point-of-view.  The best 
would be not to have a point-of-view.  I'm working on it.   

Thanks.     

Marsha








On May 12, 2010, at 4:33 AM, Andre Broersen wrote:

> Arlo to Marsha:
> 
> [Arlo]
> Hence, ALL intellectual patterns are misconceived, as this "misconception"
> defines SOM.
> 
> Again, if ALL intellectual patterns are SOM, there is no conflict in ZMM as
> both the Sophists and Aristotle were peddling the same SOM-Intellect.
> 
> [Marsha]
> What?
> 
> [Arlo]
> ".. all intellectual patterns are SOM."
> 
> "Intellectual patterns are misconceived as independent self and other".
> 
> These two sentences say the exact same thing.
> 
> SOM = conceived as independent self and other.
> 
> Hence, all intellectual patterns are misconceived as independent self and 
> other.
> 
> Again, if this is the case... if ALL intellect is SOM by definition... then
> where is the conflict in ZMM between the Sophists and Aristotle? BOTH were
> peddling SOM.
> 
> Andre:
> Hi Arlo, Marsha, dmb:
> 
> You've got it pretty well nailed Arlo. Congratulations!
> 
> 'The Metaphysics of Quality asks:Which values is science unconcerned 
> with?...But can he argue that the moral question, "Is it all right to fake 
> your scientific data?" is not a scientific question?...If he gets tricky and 
> tries to say that that is a moral question about science which is not part of 
> science, then he has committed schizophrenia. He is admitting the existence 
> of a real world that science cannot comprehend.
> What the Metaphysics of Quality makes clear is that it is only social values 
> and morals, particularly church morals and values science is unconcerned 
> with.(LILA Chapter 24)
> 
> I have dug this up from the Archives in a post Anthony wrote to Matt (sorry I 
> have no date):
> 
> "...you can see how SOM developed from first just being a methodological 
> assumption for mechanics with Galileo ( i.e. where the observer is abstracted 
> out of the picture), then to Newton who (when developing Galileo's work on 
> mechanics) added the assertion that an observer only has perceptions when 
> acted upon by material substances, then finally, as an ontological assumption 
> in philosophy when Locke and Descartes concluded(wrongly) that a Newtonian 
> observer had to be some sort of mental substance absolutely different from a 
> material one."
> 
> I have also tried to convey this to Bodvar but alas.
> 
> Can we move on now?
> 
> 
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