Hi Ron, I agree and disagree ;-)
It does expand reason. It's not "no explanation", it's just not a whole explanation - what is anyway ? It's not "no choice". It's no (enforced) choice between the logical options (apparently) offered by the situation, ie a step back & sideways to find the BETTER decision. Your "also" is also very important. Ian What's so funny 'bout ... On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 2:10 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I see the usefulness of "not this, not that" as helping us to avoid logic > traps > > I see it as freedom from obsessing over abstractions that do not exit > in the present moment. > > It is a useful tool in recognizing the good in the now of experience. > > It is helpful in avoiding "gumption traps" > > But > > It is no explanation. It does not yield greater explanitory power > > It does not expand reason. > > It is useful as a filter but W.James Pragmatic method is also a useful filter. > > It is an explanation, it expands reason and it yeilds greater explanitory > power > > What are the consequences of choosing this or that? > > If one exercises "no choice" when working on motorcycle maintenence, > > then one really isn'nt working on the cycle at all because fixing it has > become > > a moot point. There is no longer any reason to work on it. > > > > > > ============================== > > 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
