John, On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 7:25 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > >>dmb: >> > Anti-realists deny the world is mind-independent. Believing the >> > epistemological and semantic problems to be insoluble, they conclude >> > realism must be false." >> >> Dan: >> Right, and so realism and idealism are seen as mutually exclusive, >> whereas the MOQ unites them both... they are both correct in their own >> limited ways. Good stuff, Dave... thanks! The engine sounds great. > > > Idealism is realism fierce opponent. It's not simply a matter of > "mutually exclusive" it's a matter of mutually hostile. And how the MoQ > unites them... I have no idea except that so far the interpreters of the > MOQ have no real conception of what idealism actually is. The glib answer > that idealism equates to "it's all in your head" is facile and far, far > short of the actual stance of actual idealists.
Dan: Okay. Talk to me like the idiot I am. Tell me what actual idealism actually is. Did I just say that out loud? Or is it all in my head? Oh crap. There I go being superficial again. > > In order to engage real philosophers, you have to do some real > philosophology people. Dan: A real philosopher! My kingdom for a philosopher! Who are you hoping to engage? I mean, we're all obviously stumbling morons who don't even know how to hold a book without looking stupid. Give us some constructive criticism here. Please, Dan http://www.danglover.com 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
