Hi Marsha, > I would like to know which post that quote came from? I cannot find it to > read the context???
My apologies, I neglected to mention but it was a paraphrase of these two quotes: "The word 'truth' does not interest me." (18th August) "You might like to classify patterns as truths, but I do not. " (17th August) > > I would say that I value the MoQ where the fundamental principle is the idea > that the world is nothing but value(Dynamic/static); there is nothing > additional called 'truth'. As if 'truth' is additional to value? This is the crux of your misunderstanding. Truth can be value and truth is value. Truth, just as everything else, is a part of value. Truth is one of the better things to value in fact. I think, as your statement shows, that you still see 'truth' as it is portrayed before Phaedrus put quality before it in ZMM. That is, in opposition to quality. You are fighting a 'truth' which has been defeated long ago. Quality first, then truth. There's nothing wrong with truth. In fact, it's very good. > Rather than use the concept/word 'truth', I prefer to think of objects of > knowledge as hypothetical. Once one accepts the MoQ's fundamental principal > that the world is nothing but Value, then 'expanded rationality' occurs when > an individual transforms the natural tendency to reify self and world into > the natural tendency to hold all static patterns of value to be hypothetical > (supposed but not necessarily real or true.) Understanding static > (patterned) value as hypothetical acknowledges the incompleteness of what we > know and makes room for additional inquiry with new possibilities; it > promotes an attitude of fearless curiosity: gumption. It moves one away from > thinking of entities as existing inherently and existing independent of > consciousness. > > > Thank you. Thanks Marsha, -David. 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
