On Dec 18, 2010, at 11:31 AM, david buchanan wrote: > > Marsha said to Ron: > The delusion is to think that static truths (patterns) are independent. > Static truths (patterns) are ever-changing, inter-dependent, and impermanent. > > Ron replied: > I thought you maintained that human beings could only function to percieve > static truths as independent. Reification is the way the human mind > functions. How is this resolved? > > > dmb says: > I don't see how Marsha's self-contradictory position could ever be resolved. > I have tried repeatedly to explain that reification is a conceptual error and > not the inherent nature of conceptualization. The texts she cites as evidence > of her claims make the distinction between concepts and this particular kind > of conceptual error. Her own evidence is against her on this.
Marsha: Yes, it is error, but is the conventional way of thinking. It is to think that these static value truths (conventional truths) are independent, when in fact they are ever-changing, interdependent, impermanent patterns. > dmb: > But this problem isn't really philosophical and it is only one of many > conspicuous contradictions. Marsha: You are such a coward to write to Ron rather than me directly. You often make your comments to a third part rather than person whose comments you are challenging. > dmb: > She uses "static" to mean "ever-changing" even though those two terms are > approximately opposite. And when she's not equating opposed terms, she's > opposing equal terms. She thinks "analytic thought" is something other than > intellect, for example. Marsha: Yes, I define intellectual static patterns of value different than thinking. > dmb: > How do you talk to a person who "thinks" like that? I really don't see how. Marsha: See. You are complaining to Ron rather than confronting me. It happens often. How do you explain such a pattern? ___ 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
