Bodvar Skutvik (skutvik@online.no)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 10:48:26 +0100
Doug Renselle wrote:
> => SOM says there is one truth and chooses a single context for
> everything (i.e., SOM is 'reality circumscribed by the SOM single
> context'), therefore SOM must be inconsistent. SOM-think leads to GUTs
> and ToEs :) which are therefore doomed to inconsistency. (Forgive the
> body parts. :)
> => MoQ says there are many truths, therefore there are many contexts
> each with potential for local consistency (note: NOT completeness, but
> consistency).
Doug.
I agree with you in a general way, but your "many truths" sounds a
bit indigestible the way you present it - even with the
concistency qualification. At a given time no two interpretations
or statements can be true. As I see it the - umm - true - MOQ
posistion to this is as follows: The reigning (top) moral level's
interpretation of reality is TRUTH - as long as it lasts. Matter was
the truth for billions of years, then Life received the baton and
kept it for another aeon until it had to pass it on to Society which
finally - reluctantly - is in the process of loosing it to Intellect.
Society hasn't let go and Intellect hasn't taken completely over so
the present era's conflicts are centered on the socio-intellect
tug-of-war. The Social reality (truth) is presented as religion
mainly (Islam, Jewdom, old Christianity f.ex.), but occurs in many
guises (Fascism, Nazism f.ex). In the Western culture Intellect
reigns, science/reason has become the truth, religion is a university
study (religion-psychology), and Democracy has replaced the -isms.
One thing I must add. Latter day (New Testament) Cristianity
has a huge Intellect component. The emphasis on the innate worth of
each individual is pure Intellectual value)
Can you accept this "many truth" modification? I buy your SOM
interpretation.
Bo
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