RE: MD Empiricism

From: Simon Magson (twix_570@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 09:51:30 GMT

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    Scott Roberts wrote:
    >My argument has been that value implies consciousness and intellect, that
    >they should all be considered three names for the same (non)-thing. There
    >is no value without appreciation of value, and no discerning of better and
    >worse without intellect,

    "Intellectually better or worse" is an intellectual value judgement which is
    not the same thing as value itself, there is always SQ involved in a value
    judgement. Value, experienced in and of itself, with no static reference
    point is immediate and without judgement - it is just value and is not
    subordinated to anything mental or physical. This is DQ. You are talking
    about static quality.

    that "static patterns of value" are not
    >appreciated as patterns, nor can they be compared to other patterns,
    >without intellect.

    Agreed.

    This does not imply that such intellect is human
    >intellect, or even S/O-style intellect. I've said this several times, and
    >have not heard a convincing rebuttal, so give it a shot.

    Whatever variety of intellect you can come up with, there is no intellectual
    comparison involved in DQ, there is nothing to compare it to, comparisons
    are always static. DQ is just value, experienced as such, no intellect
    required.

    SM

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