Owen Barfield already said it pretty well (in Poetic Diction): "As the secondary imagination makes meaning, so the primary imagination makes things".
Ian On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David (H), (David M mentioned) > > David H you reminded us of: > "The value of assuming things exist (before) we experience them." > > Apart from the hierarchical / privileged use of the word "before" I'd > say spot on. Maybe I'd say "as well as", "at appropriate times", > rather than simply "before". > > This is of course the point of the "onticology" view of Levi Bryant, > that David M has been drawing to our attention - objects (SPV's) exist > democratically in the grand scheme, but neither view 1 or view 2 is > privileged out of their context. > > You also said > "DMB and Marsha play a game of name-calling from either perspective." > Possibly, but it takes two to tango. Sadly, you join in the name > calling with "Marsha fails etc ... " Sure, Marsha "sticks to her > position", but not because she's "stuck in her position", rather > because she's in an unnecessary battle here on MD. > > It's a battle we're all involved in beyond MD, because the objective > scientistic position (View 2) is the dominating ideology generally > (after Zizek). The point of us persevering with promoting MoQ as a > better alternative is precisely because it recognises both views and > their "radical empirical" relationship - the battle is really > unnecessary - just in-fighting - here one would hope. > > The Pain - When Will It End? > Anyway, progress. > Ian 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
