I must disagree with you on several points;
Donald wrote:
> What is philosophy? It's an abstract intellectual play of words
> and concepts. What is metaphysics, other than the archytype of a classroom
> artifact? Metaphysics is supposed to be about what really exists -- what
> does it mean 'to be.' But meanings emerge from the way we live, and live
> TOGETHER. Abstract metaphysical theories about what really exists are, on
> their face, nonsense in so far as they are abstract, for we determine what
> really exists by how we all live together.
Your text seems to say more about how you live than what philosophy is. That philosophy exists as an abstract pattern
in no way invalidates it. "Love" too is an abstract pattern yet it moves and shapes us, some of us anyway. Ideas shape
how we behave singularly and collectively to a large extent. A map should never be confused with the terrain it
represents, anymore than a philosophy than a philosophy should be confused with reality itself. A philosophy is useful,
just as a map is, in fitting together distant pieces of a whole and in navigating in unfamiliar territory.
Donald wrote:
> It's like we're stnding in this gallery and you're trying to find
> the One, True painting. Or even, the ONE, TRUE spot on the One, True
> painting. This is the analogy Pirsig picked, and it's nicely simmiler to
> my own tool, worked out 4 years ago now, of 'correct pictures of the
> world.' (CPOWs)
I for one am not looking for the one true painting; Nor am I looking for a CPOW. I'm looking for the best map I can get
until I find a better one. I think the MoQ is in no way the ultimate map, just the best one i've come across.
Donald wrote:
> What's the difference between a book about reality and the reality of a book?
I think the MoQ would define both of these as a static inorganic patterns of value that supports a static intellectual
pattern of value.
Sincerely,
Glen Dickey
aka aretelaugh
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