Hello Horse, > So what you're saying basically boils down to: > > 1) Intellectual patterns of value are Dualistic > 2) The Metaphysics of Quality is an Intellectual pattern of value so > 3) The Metaphysics of Quality is Dualistic > > Is this about right? I wouldn't put it this way. What is or is not dualistic is the approach to reality. A dualistic approach sees reality as an object "out there" and separate from oneself. The Metaphysics of Quality is like this. Platt recently mentioned Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind. In it Penrose wrote about brains in vats. I can't remember the conclusion Penrose arrived at but I do remember the questions. Could an appropriately connected brain distinguish its brain-in-vat reality from the reality it perceived from its electro-chemical connections? Could a brain in a vat know it was a brain in a vat? For me, these questions get to the root of what I believe about reality. I believe interaction is everything. We can approach reality dualistically like a brain in a vat and realize limited interaction and separateness from reality. Or we can approach reality non-dualistically and realize abundant interaction and oneness with reality. My experience is we all do both and that most people, including myself, spend most of thier lives like brains in vats. But I say interaction is everything. And so I'm optimistic about the future.
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