Re: MD Gardner on Pragmatism

From: Scott R (jse885@spinn.net)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 02:43:59 GMT

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    Matt et al,

    MATT: "Quality is reality" is a
    > metaphor because it doesn't make any literal sense. As soon as we
    > literalize it, we hypostatize it as a metaphysical chess piece.

    I prefer seeing "Quality is reality" as neither factual nor metaphorical but
    as definitional, in the sense that it is suggesting that one replace the
    usual association of reality with matter/energy, or with mind and matter,
    with an association of reality as quality.

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