Hi Jaap,
Thanks for the reply.
you wrote:
>I'm sorry I got you wrong - I haven't read the moq-focus posts for several
>months so I 'm a bit behind. Reading the post over again I see I was
>confused when you insist on the personal aspect of experience. Do I get you
>right when I conclude that we humans can never oversee the whole of reality
>(or "thruth") and therefor can only use imperfect metafysic theories to an
>certain goal ? Further I understand you to defend diversity of
>thought/experience/intelligence for not becoming "one big robot" ?
Well, i don't "insist" on the personal aspect of experience, however i do
point out that without a personal aspect TO experience, one is reduced
to thinking or experiencing only what is generally agreed upon, which then
sharply limits the range of our potential experiences.
Yes, you have IMO rightly concluded that an imperfect metaphysics can be
used towards accomplishing a certain goal, the goal here in MOQ as i see
it is our attempt to inquire into Morals, that is, to KNOW - Right from
Wrong and to act upon it. There is a static knowing of Right from Wrong
-ie Static Morals (SQ) which can be agreed upon or not, and being
empirical can be inquired into, and there is an instantaneous knowing -
Dynamic Morals or DQ, as it manifests , NOT being empirical cannot be
agreed upon, but however in its wake generates or modifies Static Morals.
Thus the manifestation of DQ can only be empirically investigated by its
manifest static patterns of value.
It is my observation that diversity of life, not only of thought etc,
is the EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE of evolving or devolving Moral Order(agreed
upon moral code of conduct and rules and their implementation) of the
world in which we live. From what i have heard and seen in my own
lifetime so far, a large number of species of animal and plant life
have already become extinct and a further large number are on their
way out. Even more serious is the extinction of "cultures".
And i agree with someone who said long long ago :
" Whatever happens to the Beast will also happen to Man , for man
has not woven the web of life, he is but one thread. What man
does to the web, he also does to himself."
So in this sense i DO DEFEND diversity of life, thought and experience.
I agree with your observations about Physics being a branch of
Metaphysics , however you must be aware that most Scientists
do not share this observation and do not accept Metaphysics as
a valid tool of inquiry into Reality.
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