That's fine Ron, a thread entitled "the uselessness of dogmatism" then ? Ian What's so funny 'bout ...
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 3:11 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > of neti-neti > > Ian said: > > 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. > > Ron: > Well then it needs to be included in the explanation that "neti-neti" refers > to > dogmatic > > rigid concepts alone and not intellect as a whole. Because this makes a great > deal of differrence > in the meaning. It needs to be stated that it breaks the rigid confinement of > what intellectual > good means and not no choice at all or freedom from choice. With this > explanation it means > > a greater range of choice. This is what I mean about a shift in context from > an > overall general > understanding of what DQ means in relation to the overall "framework" and what > DQ means > within a particular context of dogma and rigid conceptual values. > > When the two are conflated it results in a type of anti-intellectual nihlism. > > Thnx Ian > > 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 > > 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
