RE: MD Intellect and its critics

From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Jul 19 2003 - 23:30:47 BST

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    Bo, Scott and all:

    dmb had said:
    More specifically, I think its clear that non-SOM intellectual descriptions
    are entirely possible. In fact, the MOQ is one such example.

    Bo replied:
    "Non-SOM intellectual description"..must be the oxymoron of the
    century! And the notion that the MOQ is one intellectual pattern, SOM
    another!? Where does that leave SOM if/when the MOQ succeeds?

    dmb says:
    Its only oxymoronic if SOM and intellect are equated, which is exactly the
    assertion in dispute. And what in the world makes you think that there can
    be only one intellectual pattern at a time? That's like saying there is only
    one society at the social level or one species at the biological level. That
    doesn't make any sense to me at all. And to address the last question I'll
    remind you that SOM exists within the MOQ already. They already both exist
    as sets of intellectual patterns and do so at the same time. I don't see why
    this would be a problem anymore than chimps and gorrillas can exist at the
    same time - and both be biological level creatures.

    Bo asked:
    Why is it that you and Scott, so clear on the issue of intellect out of
    the Greek experience, retreat and speak of SOM as just one pattern
    of some more fundamental intellect ...of which the MOQ is another?

    dmb says:
    Same answer. Why not? Why do you imagine that only one metaphysical view can
    exist at any given time? I hope and pray that an even greater variety of
    such visions becomes available for our inspection. I think you've got a real
    Henry Ford sense of variety going here; "You can have any color you want as
    long as its black."

    Thanks.

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