Martin Striz (striz1@MARSHALL.EDU)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 06:03:44 +0100
Diana,
You seem to be very upset that we are all in disagreement
about the fundamentals of the MOQ. But really, who is in
disagreement? I for one agree to the fundamentals and I
think everyone else does, too. When we say fundamentals we
have to be careful not to include things that aren't basic.
What is Quality?
It's 'now,' the pre-intellectual cutting edge of experience.
It is also goodness and truth. The sanskrit word for
goodness/truth is 'arete.'
What is the Metaphysics of Quality?
Metaphysics is a broad philosophical view of reality,
usually entailing ontology, epistemology, and ethics. The
Metaphysics of Quality is the view that Quality is the
primary empirical reality, that reality is a moral order,
that things are patterns of values derived from the
experience of Quality.
Are there any subsets?
In the view of the MOQ, the cutting edge of experience and
source of all things is Dynamic Quality, the post-experience
construction of these values is static quality.
What's Dynamic Quality?
It is that pre-intellectual nowness that creates existence,
that IS existence. It is unknown, chaotic, fresh, and new.
What's static quality?
It is all the post-intellectual value patterns we construct.
It's often boring and predictable, but most importantly it
is stable and the basis of our knowledge(1) of existence.
There are four primary levels of static quality, based on
the rules/morals that govern those values on each of those
levels. These are physical, biological, social, and
intellectual. What is moral for one level may not be for
another, they interact and conflict or help each other out.
With the impulse of Dynamic Quality, static qualities
evolve.
That's our theory of reality, basically. That's the MOQ. To
me these are all the fundamentals. What else is there and
what is the disagreement on? Whether the values are aware or
not, whether there are other levels, whether DQ is truly
random or goes with some kind of plan, these are all beyond
the basics. Those are things we can learn from the basics of
the MOQ.
Many truths to you,
Martin
(1) I make a distinction between experience and knowledge.
Experience is the pre-intellectual awareness of values,
knowledge is the post-intellectual construction.
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