From: Glenn Bradford (gmbradford19@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 31 2005 - 15:00:02 BST
David, all,
dmb said:
"If emotions and egos were biological then we would be
able to detect them with scientific instruments, but
we can't, so they aren't. If you can show a picture of
an ego or of anger, or show it to me in a microscope
then I might buy it. This is why I think emotions have
to be categorized at the social level, at least."
Ever since Pirsig mentioned in LC that the President
of the United States can't be detected by any
scientific instrument and therefore has to be at the
social level (at least), the MOQ acolyte can now wheel
out this exciting test to categorize all kinds of
reality, as David has just done with ego and emotions.
Let me try it out myself on something else. I had an
eye checkup yesterday. Can a scientific instrument
(currently) tell whether I am sighted or blind,
near-sighted or far-sighted? No, the latest technology
prescribes that I stand in front of an eye chart and
tell you what I can and can't see. Can I show you a
picture of vision or can I show you near-sightedness
under a microscope? Of course not. And by this
reasoning, vision must be categorized at the social
level (at least). I find this goofy myself but, with a
nod to Strawson, I suppose it's because I find myself
trapped in some dead theoretical framework.
Glenn
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