Hi Horse -- > You're entitled to your point of view, even if I don't share > it. You're also welcome to stay on moq_discuss and continue > to share in the conversations. Having a different world view > doesn't exclude you from this group and I hope you stick around.
Thanks, Horse. Your generosity confirms my faith in the intellectual integrity of this forum and its ability to rise above the personal acrimony that can develop when strongly held opinions clash. > Many aspects of Essentialism and the MoQ are severely at > odds with each other. That both recognise Quality/Value in > no way makes for convergence in any worthwhile way as it/they > are viewed in almost opposing ways. In the MoQ Quality is > fundamental reality but appears to be little more than one > of a number of human attributes in Essentialism. I'll respect your wish not to argue the point. But let me say that recognizing the primacy of Quality/Value is more than coincidence and no small step for a postmodern philosopher. I do not wish to demean this concept, particularly since it was what drew me to the MoQ in the first place. Actually, Value is fundamental to the essentialist's concept of existence, rather than just a "human attribute"; so there is more commonality than might appear in a superficial comparison of the two philosophies. I still hope to demonstrate that "convergence" is possible when empirical reality is understood as an awareness/otherness dichotomy, the contingents of which are both "value-deficient". [I'm also sending a note to you and Ron in response to a post I didn't catch but in which I seem to have been misquoted.] Thanks, again, for your statement of encouragement, Horse. In return, I shall try to live up to the MD charter, despite my divergent views, by continuing to gently nudge (not shove) this august group toward a more expanded metaphysical perspective. Essentially yours, Ham 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
