From: hampday@earthlink.net
Date: Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:55:10 BST
Hello Steve:
> I've resisted staying out of everyone's way this long, but temptation has
> gotten the better of me.
>
> Ham, I fail to see why another fundamental something, such as your
essence,
> is necessary as the foundation from which Quality arises. Quality (not
DQ,
> which I have issue with as part of an articulated metaphysics) is just a
> label. We could use anything (the Tao, nothingness, etc, etc).
My point, exactly. It's just another label without metaphysical foundation.
Quality is simply a value judgment applied to something experienced.
Whether you consider it "pre-intellectual" or not, it cannot be considered
causal in an ontological sense, nor does it resolve the duality problem of
metaphysics.
The physical principle of causality states that every action has a cause.
Even the Big Bang had a prior cause. Hence, attributes of things, such as
Quality, Beauty and Value, cannot be primary causes any more than can the
things to which they refer.
> Speaking for myself, there is no
> conflict between Quality, experience, or empirical. What does come out of
> this is no room and no necessity for the transcendental or supernatural.
> But the essence of spirituality remains, the concept of Wholeness and
> interconnectedness of everything. This, seems to me, is a more elegant
and
> less complicated explanation than introducing something more above,
> underneath, or beyond.
The "interconnectedness of everything" is a pantheistic concept that won't
do for me because I see Essence as a unified Whole. All things taken
together, whether substantively or experientially, still have the
differentiated properties of a "thing". Essence is immutable: it is the
indispensable "uncreated" source of all things that transcends the
limitations of finitude.
You don't need a course in Ontology, Steve -- just the willingness to
consider a new belief system with an essential foundation and a valuistic
premise. The "hows" and "whys" of Essentialism are too complex to expound
here, but can be found in my on-line thesis, www.essentialism.net .
Enjoy,
Ham
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