From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 26 2004 - 03:05:41 BST
Mark Steven Heyman <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com> wrote:
On 25 Oct 2004 at 17:06, Platt Holden wrote:
Erin asks MSH:
> There are many "rational" people who think the MOQ is "irrational"
> and nothing you have said seems like it would convince them. I
> wanted you to explain your argument to a skeptic-----slapping a
> title "rational empiricism" I would doubt would convince them.
> Can you explain why it is rational empiricism, please.
msh says:
I believe Simon Magson has provided a rather poetic explanation of
what is meant by "rational empiricism."
Less poetically, it's empiricism because its underlying premise is
that all of realty derives from experience. It's rational because,
after the first assumption, the framework of the metaphysics is
erected in accordance with the laws of logic.
Again I am going to play the MOQ skeptic,if somebody came in and claimed they had ESP, it would not be described as empirical because there was no observable evidence of their "experience" so why should I grant the empirical label to your "experiences" of Quality when you have given no observable evidence of it.
Erin
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