Ah sarcasm Mark, just what we needed. So, as you already knew. No, nothing is out side reality, but words in discourse are a poor substitute for the reality they discuss - they are only a small part of the wider reality - as David illustrated.
Ian PS Peter Hammill I believe. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:53 AM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm Ian, > Do you really know what you are talking about? Skirting around > reality huh? How do you do that? Is there an outside to reality? > Show me. > > Gee, words are not what they represent, now that is a concept! Thanks > for the insight! > > Now VDGG would be fun, I was a big fan of theirs in the early > seventies. H to He and all that stuff. I bought a single by the lead > singer (whatever his name was) recently. Interesting, but not VDGG. > I loved the saxophone parts. > > Cheers, > Mark > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Ian Glendinning > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi David (H) >> >> You summarised your impression of Mark's take thus: >> >> "If everything is static quality", you seem to say.. "then that >> appears to be a very sad existence indeed." >> >> (You go on to point out lots of non-static things in real life ...) >> >> Mark's take hinges on the "everything" in the first clause being - >> "everything that we can objectivise and discuss in language in a >> metaphysics discussion forum (or anywhere else)". That would indeed be >> a very sad existence, but of course life, the universe and everything >> is a lot more than that, as you point out. >> >> As you perceive it's a source of frustration or sometimes confusion >> for many on MD .... that we can only ever skirt around reality ... but >> that is the reality of any discourse .... a reason why we need to meet >> in the flesh at Hawkwind or Van derGraaf Generator gigs ;-) >> >> Metaphysics discusses meta-life and meta-reality, it's not real-life itself. >> >> Ian >> 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 > 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
