On Sep 18, 2010, at 3:13 PM, david buchanan wrote: > > Marsha's definition: > Within the MoQ, fourth level, the Intellectual Level, is comprised of > intellectual static patterns of value. The way that these patterns function > is as reified concepts and the rules for their rational analysis and > manipulation. Reification decontextualizes. Intellectual patterns process > from a subject/object conceptual framework creating false boundaries that > give the illusion of independence as a “thing” or an “object of analysis.” > The fourth level is a formalized subject/object level (SOM), where the > paramount demand is for rational, objective knowledge, which is free from the > taint of any subjectivity. > > > dmb's alternative: > > According to the MOQ, the intellectual level includes all intellectual static > patterns and all intellectual thought styles, such as classical and romantic > for example. These patterns are derived from experience and their veracity > depends on their ability to function in experience. The MOQ's > reconceptualization of the intellect is predicated on a rejection of > subject-object metaphysics, the conceptual framework that reifies subjects > and objects. (The MOQ says subjects and objects are concepts, not entities.) > Unlike SOM, where the paramount demand is for objectivity and disinterested > observation, the MOQ's fourth level gives us an expanded form of rationality > that includes feelings, passions, alternate modes of consciousness and all > the other categories of experience formerly dismissed as "merely" subjective.
Marsha asks: How are feelings, passions and other modes of consciousness included back into rationality? How are they included back into science? How are then included back into mathematics? How? ___ 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
