Re: MD Access to Quality

From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 21 2005 - 18:47:40 BST

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    Ham,

    You said
    Man is not endowed with the capacity to "know"
    That, I submit, is the function of metaphysics.

    Ian says
    So what is the point of that ???
    (In this world)
    None it seems.

    That's why I'm a pragmatist, rather than a metaphysicist.

    Ian

    On 4/21/05, hampday@earthlink.net <hampday@earthlink.net> wrote:
    > Ian --
    >
    >
    > > I think l see where you're going, but I'm not sure I want to go there,
    > > yet.
    >
    > Well, let me know when you're ready. Life is too short to be beating around
    > the bush in a philosophy forum.
    >
    > > I happen to believe we can never "know" what lies beyond the
    > > very edge of what we can reasonably explain at any given time.
    > > We can only ever work from the known edge - we may postulate
    > > what is in the hole, but we can never know it in any reasonable
    > > explanatory sense without approaching it from a known edge.
    >
    > I agree completely. Man is not endowed with the capacity to "know" absolute
    > truth. This is a corollary of his autonomous freedom. But he is equipped
    > with the intelligence and intuitive sensibility to postulate what lies
    > beyond his knowledge of physical reality. That, I submit, is the function
    > of metaphysics.
    >
    > > Consequently the metaphysical immovable peg (primary cause) in the
    > > centre of the hole, on which hangs the whole of life, the universe and
    > > everything, is only ever a subject for philosphers on the 19th hole.
    >
    > Are you just teeing off at this juncture, or have you at least advanced to
    > the fairway?
    >
    > > No relevance to the game of life itself. As a pragmatist I avoid
    > > losing too much sleep over it.
    >
    > I suspect you've been reading too much of Kundert -- the archetypical
    > pragmatist. I know you don't want to remain perched "on the edge". Why
    > procrastinate? What do you have to fear by exploring the unknown? I don't
    > see you as a timid soul, and you have the intelligence and the motivation
    > required.
    >
    > Think of it this way: while you may not want to involve yourself with the
    > Ultimate, it is most certainly involved with you.
    >
    > Anyway, I'll be here when you're ready.
    >
    > Essentially yours,
    > Ham
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