Hi Marsha. I think that his use of the term"arcane"in this given context is denoting obscure, occult.
2013/4/14 MarshaV <[email protected]> > > Adrie, > > I acknowledge that static patterns of value persist because they are > useful. But to remind you that as late as October 2005 RMP makes clear: > > "The Metaphysics of Quality is NOT (emphasis mine) intended to be within > any philosophic tradition, although obviously it was not written in a > vacuum. My first awareness that it resembled James' work came from a > magazine review long after “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” was > published. The Metaphysics of Quality's central idea that the world is > nothing but value is not part of any philosophic tradition that I know of. > I have proposed it because it seems to me that when you look into it > carefully it makes more sense than all the other things the world is > supposed to be composed of. One particular strength lies in its > applicability to quantum physics, where substance has been dismissed but > nothing except arcane mathematical formulae has really replaced it." > > (RMP, 'A brief summary of the Metaphysics of Quality' October 2005) > > > Marsha. > > > On Apr 13, 2013, at 10:41 AM, ADRIE KINTZIGER <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.nordprag.org/papers/Pihlstrom%20-%20Pragmatic%20Metaphysics%20of%20the%20Fact-Value%20Entanglement.pdf > > > > > > 2013/4/13 MarshaV <[email protected]> > > > >> > >> Hi Ham, > >> > >> To post my explanation/definition again: > >> > >> Static patterns of value are repetitive processes, conditionally > >> co-dependent, impermanent and ever-changing, that pragmatically tend to > >> persist and change within a stable, predictable pattern. Within the > MoQ, > >> these patterns are morally categorized into a four-level, evolutionary, > >> hierarchical structure: inorganic, biological, social and intellectual. > >> Static quality exists in stable patterns relative to other patterns. > >> Patterns have no independent, inherent existence. Further, these > patterns > >> pragmatically exist relative to an individual's static pattern of life > >> history. > >> > >> Dynamic Quality is not divisible, not definable and not knowable. > >> > >> The fundamental nature of static quality is Dynamic Quality. Static > >> patterns of value are not things that hold still for analysis, but > >> projections of things: ever-changing, conditionally co-dependent and > >> impermanent. The empirical experience within the MoQ is of value > patterns. > >> > >> > >> 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 > -- parser 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
