Thanks Andre, That makes sense, I'll have to chew on it. Mark On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Andre Broersen <andrebroer...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Mark to Andre: > > I am sorry you feel that way. I am more than happy to leave politics out > of > this. > > Andre: > And I am glad you didn't take my suggestion too seriously. I do not want to > see anyone off this discuss who expresses a genuine interest in the MOQ as a > whole. > > Mark: > Now Andre, if you would be so kind as to respond to the following > question, > I would be most grateful: Where does SOM come from? I am not asking for a > definition, I am asking for a process. What are the causal events that > bring about SOM? > > Andre: > I have answered this, hopefully to your satisfaction, in my recent reply to > Platt. Phaedrus is much better at a proper formulation regarding this issue > (in ZMM, including the roles of Plato and Aristotle) which, among other > things was further developed in LILA where Phaedrus argues for a view of > 'preference' rather than 'cause'. > > It irked Phaedrus because the word ''cause' implies absolute certainty > whereas the implied meaning of 'value' is one of preference' > > 'Therefore when you strike cause from the language and substitute 'value' > you are not only replacing an empirically meaningless term with a meaningful > one; you are using a term that is more appropriate to actual > observation'(LILA,p 107) > > > > 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
