From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jan 10 2005 - 14:05:10 GMT
Hi Chin, DMB, All:
> Phaedrus Wolff asked:
> If intuition is not DQ, then what is it?
>
> dmb replies:
> Instinct. A hunch. A feeling. Its a vague word and should be avoided by
> philosophers for that reason, especially if we are trying to distinguish
> instincts and feelings from a mystical experience.
>
> Wolff) That'll do as well as Chin, thanks for the new nickname. I guess it
> is possible we could reduce ourselves to nonintellectual animals. Point
> well taken.
Point well made, Chin. It looks more and more like mystic experience is
like animal experience, i.e., without concepts. But, as usual, DMB has the
meaning of "intuition" all wrong. From Merriam-Webster:
1 : quick and ready insight
2 a : immediate apprehension or cognition b : knowledge or conviction
gained by intuition c : the power or faculty of attaining to direct
knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
Intuition is knowledge, cognition without thought, or as I've said, what
we know before we know anything else.
Furthermore, does it strike anyone else as ironic to say the least that it
seems to the require an outpouring of verbiage to describe something that
it's claimed can't be verbalized, or that those who rail against reason
and logic in favor of a mystic view of reality structure their arguments
solely on reason and logic?
Oh well. The ongoing debate about the nature of mysticism provides much
entertainment. As Pirsig notes, "pure fun" and Dynamic Quality go
together.
Platt
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