[Ham previously] Cause and effect is an intellectual paradigm for events experienced within a time continuum. My purpose here is to establish fundamental parameters for the origin of experience, and these are pre-intellectual. Again, I consider the primary existential division a Sensibility/Otherness dichotomy. Sensibility is self-evident: it's our localized or proprietary awareness. This encompasses self-awareness (consciousness of a personal identity), plus the awareness of an environment external to the self. That environment is an "other" to us, and we know it only in terms of its value (relational, quantitative, qualitative, intellectual, esthetic, and emotional). Objects and events, including our biological bodies, are but finite representations of essential value that constitute our existential reality.
We sense Value pre-intellectually. What we "experience" is an ordered system in space/time consisting of a diversity of objects (i.e., "patterns") which we learn to recognize, manipulate, and utilize for our needs and desires. I maintain that the universal order of existence is a valuistic aspect of Absolute Essence. This gives us a common ground with which to communicate, socialize, collaborate, and "moralize" our species [Mark] At this point, I have to say that I haven't learned enough yet, from my side, to be able to provide added response. I believe you know what my problems with this ontology is, and I confess that they come from my side. The interpretation doesn't provide much more than light negating dark. However, I am always interested to read a new angle on this and ask questions since that is how I learn. So, can this Absolute Essence be seen as the background of what we are negating, or is the Essence actually differentiated itself, like a cobweb is visually differentiated with dew drops? Cheers, Mark 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
