MD A bit of reasoning

From: Scott Roberts (jse885@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Sep 07 2004 - 17:19:03 BST

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    All,

    Here's some reasoning, a kind of summary of some things I've been saying lately, and I'm curious about what you all make of it.

    1. Are static patterns of value universals or particulars? Answer: They must be universals, as implied by the word "pattern". A particular, once it exists, cannot be changed. Only the rules for producing particulars can be changed, and so it is only as universals that there is value for the present and future (the particular does serve to exemplify the universal, however) .

    2. DQ works with existing SQ to produce new SQ. (MOQ thesis).

    3. The word for working with universals to produce new universals is intellect, as it is a matter of evaluating existing universals (concepts, rules) by imagining the consequences of choosing among possibilities, and making the choice.

    4. Therefore, DQ is intellect-in-use, and all SQ are static intellectual patterns of value (which may be subdivided into inorganic, biological, social, and purely intellectual (mathematics, for example) static intellectual patterns of value. This does not imply that my thought of, say, plant growth is plant growth. It does suggest that my thought of plant growth is a pale reflection of the thought that grows plants).

    5. Therefore, Quality is Intellect (while not ceasing to be Quality).

    - Scott

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