Re: MD Plotinus, Pirsig and Wilber

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 20:40:05 BST

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    Why do sense perceptions *require* continuity?

    I think this is something Bergson explains
    convincingly in his Matter and Memory.
    The clue is in the word memory.

    regards
    David M

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Paul Turner" <paul@turnerbc.co.uk>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:21 AM
    Subject: RE: MD Plotinus, Pirsig and Wilber

    > Hi Scott
    >
    > Scott said:
    > I am pointing out that if we assume that our sense perceptions are
    > caused by
    > spatio-temporal things and events, and those spatio-temporal events are
    > all
    > that is real, then there couldn't be sense perceptions, since sense
    > perceptions require continuity.
    >
    > Paul:
    > Right, but the MOQ doesn't assume that sense perceptions are caused by
    > spatio-temporal events nor does it assume spatio-temporal events are all
    > that is real.
    >
    > Why do sense perceptions *require* continuity? For some reason, I am
    > thinking about the arguments of the ancient Greeks about this, Zeno's
    > paradox and such, although I forget the detail.
    >
    > Regards
    >
    > Paul
    >
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