Re: MD Re: Non-empiricist definition of DQ

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Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 15:56:52 BST

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    Hello Wim,

    It seems that what Chris has done is not
    so much 'define' DQ as something more
    valuable, which is to describe a place to
    find DQ and provide a facet of functional
    description. (We often lazily accept the
    functional description as a definition, but
    it is not the case, definition is denotative
    at the very least and rigorously structural
    at best.) Description is practical, rule of
    thumb, and contextual.

    To reduce DQ to a 'caged definition' is a
    mistake as it reduces the manifesting
    scope of what is and should be a
    non-bounded notion or principle.

    Does that make sense as I've described
    it? Is there a better way to put it?

    thanks--mel

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Wim Nusselder" <wim.nusselder@antenna.nl>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 12:22 AM
    Subject: MD Re: Non-empiricist definition of DQ

    > Dear Chris,
    >
    > I read in your 18 Aug 2004 15:23:39 -0400 contribution a valuable idea to
    > define DQ-as-goal (towards which patterns of value migrate) as
    > 'yet-to-be-filled evolutionary niches. Possibilities.' Is that an
    acceptable
    > summary?
    > It implies that DQ consists of that which doesn't exist (yet). That's
    > sufficiently paradoxical to counter the MoQ dogma that DQ can't/shouldn't
    be
    > defined...
    >
    > With friendly greetings,
    >
    > Wim
    >
    >
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