Hi 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 >> >> >> ___
On Oct 24, 2011, at 4:34 PM, 118 wrote: > Mark: > Knowledge as referring to the intellectual variety is relative. I disagree with changing the quote from "all knowledge" to "Knowledge as referring to the intellectual variety." > Mark: > 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. Man is a concept, so what are you actually saying? In your opinion the concept's concept is what? > Mark: > 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. Marsha: We? While I do care that you are happy, your question makes no sense. > Mark: > 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. Marsha: Purrrr...... 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
