I do not fully understand your question , Marsha 2010/8/27 MarshaV <[email protected]>
> > On Aug 27, 2010, at 2:46 PM, David Thomas wrote: > > > On 8/27/10 1:23 PM, "MarshaV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hello Dave T, > >> > >> Adrie had written: > >> Hence the reason why som cannot be the perfect umbrella for the > >> intellectual > >> level? > >> > >> This doesn't sound like simply comparing and contrasting. It sounds > like a > >> final judgement. > >> > > And how did I respond? > > > >> [Dave before] > >> To some degree RMP, and maybe all of science, over stigmatizes SOM. > Given > >> how little was known about the workings of the brain and its > relationship to > >> the body, the intuition to make this distinction has led to significant > >> progress in many areas of science. So the theory is not quite perfect, > shit > >> none of them every are. Usefulness is about as good as we get. > > > > Dave: > > If you look at the history of philosophy at any point in time, with any > > particular philosopher or school, they were more WRONG than right. But > out > > of this overtime better and better understanding of reality has evolved > to > > the benefit of all. I understand you may think I spend all my time > finding > > ways to bad mouth RMP. But guess what? I wouldn't be to the point that I > > could criticize him without him leading me into the topic in the first > place > > and showing me a map. For someone with such a negative view of static > > patterns your fixation with Pirsig's and Bo's is hard to fathom. > > > Marsha: > I do not have a negative view of static patterns. I do, though, recognize > them > as patterns, conventional, and not some independent "reality." > > And as I indicated, my post was directed at Adrie's comment. > > Adrie had written: > Hence the reason why som cannot be the perfect umbrella for the > intellectual > level? > > ---- > > > If you are comparing and contrasting Chalmers' ideas against RMP's > concerning consciousness, what are you using as RMP's ideas; he's > said very little directly? > > > > > > ___ > > > 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 > -- parser 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
