Yes, Marsha, Knowledge as referring to the intellectual variety is relative. It is a creation of man that can be analogized to the framework of a house. Everything must fit together for it to "work". However a "home" is not relative to that framework, it is relational. To apply the concept of relativity one must use measurement. How does one measure a "home"? One could be home on the range. If abstract concepts such as home or love or truth are placed in a relative framework, their quality is lost, in my opinion.
Of course there is much security living in a world interpreted as relative, but, for me, much of the wonder is lost through continual comparison. We try to remember how we felt last week, and say "now is better", or we keep waiting for the "better". There is no relativity in "the moment"; try to impart some creates the static from the dynamic. Quality is not relative it is relational, for me. But, I would be happy to learn from you what you personally get from the relative point of view. You can provide all the quotes you want, but that will not tell me anything. Use your own words, otherwise this is just a silly exercise in Google Reality Reification (grr...). Oh, and google is relative so that is not the right tool to use to analyze relativity. Mark On Oct 24, 2011, at 3:17 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems Protagoras was not alone... > > > “It was classic William James, imbued with a sense of the relativism of all > knowledge, a respect for and curiosity about alternative perspectives, an > instinct to analyze clearly and thoroughly but to develop a synthesis > wherever possible, and a conviction that the truth of any idea or thing is > best understood by observing its action in the world. > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/american/genius/william_bio.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
