Not sure I agree Free-Will vs Determinism is a Pirsigian platypus, when looking to make objective definitions and distinctions - the point of calling it a platypus, (which has been thoroughly resolved by evolutionary philosophers). And, the DQ/sq distinction is fundamental to MoQ.
Not sure one question replaces the other analogously or otherwise. Ian PS What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM, MarshaV <val...@att.net> wrote: > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: > >> Dan responded to Steve: >> >> [Dan] You (Steve) said: The question of free will versus determinism >> gets replaced >> by the question, to what extent do we follow DQ and to what extent do >> we follow sq? >> >> [Dan] It appears from reading this that these are two mutually exclusive >> options, hence my observation that they are not. >> >> Huh, Dan ? "to what extent" A and/or B suggests the exact opposite of >> mutual exclusivity. It correctly implies you generally have a mix of >> both side by side. >> >> I don't in fact agree with Steve's underlying analogy between DQ/sq >> and Free-Will / Determinism, or DMB's suggestion that causation is >> part of one but not the other, .... causation is just weird and >> conventional linguistically .... I'm just pointing out the flaws in >> the style of argumentation that is happening - in the church of >> reason, as has been pointed out. >> >> Ian >> PS What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding ? >> > > > Ian, > > Do you think Steve is replacing the issues, or just stating that its a better > question to be asking since the free-will vs. determinism platypus has > been removed? > > Marsha > > ___ > > > 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
