From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2003 - 20:44:33 BST
Hi Ian,
> Platt you said,
> ... the obvious contradiction that the universe has no purpose.
> ... a scientist can't get out of bed in the morning without
> a purpose.
>
> My view is there is no evidence the world needs any transcendental
> purpose to be the way we understand it. There is no contracdiction
> between this view and the fact that most humans thrive on s sense of
> purpose, derived from their place in the world as they understand it and
> their view of how they can influence it (for better or worse).
You seem to making the subject/object distinction between humans and the
rest of world, as if humans were somehow looking down at a world completely
apart for them rather than the MOQ view that humans experience values that
create the static patterns we call the "world."
> Betterness is a value judgement we can make when we have someting like
> the MoQ to make sense of things. But even every cloud has a silver
> lining - that's human nature.
In the MOQ, betterness is a value judgment that is immediately
apprehended by direct experience prior to "making sense." Recognition
of Quality is pre-intellectual.
Purpose is inherent in the MOQ explanation of evolution as movement
toward Dynamic Quality.
I cannot help but wonder what is the purpose in denying that the world
has no purpose? Seems to me the purpose is to maintain the
subject/object division at all costs. Admittedly, it's hard to let go
of the basis on which Western intellect thrives.
Platt
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