[MD] French ingredient in the soup of sentiments

[David M]

Arlo

The level of human flourishing perhaps!

DM


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From: "Arlo Bensinger" <ajb102 at psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [MD] French ingredient in the soup of sentiments


> [Platt]
>
> If "individuals" are supreme over society, why do you care none for the
> "individuals" being killed in the name of preserving "American society",
> let's talk those who are nothing but "collateral" and not threats 
> themselves?
>
> And as always, your SOMist-minded "only two choices are "individuals
> removed from culture" and "society devoid of individuals"" is nonsensical.
> Pirsig's emergentist paradigm gives us a third way out, where collective
> activity of individuals on one level gives rise to the emegent, higher
> level structure above it.
>
> Inorganic "individuals" collective activity gives rise to the biological
> level, where biological "individuals" collective activity gives rise to 
> the
> social level, where social level "individuals" collective activity gives
> rise to the intellectual level. The collective activity of individuals on
> the intellectual activity (the law of gravity, calculus, thermodynamics,
> habeas corpus, etc.) may someday give rise to yet another emergent level.
>
> Arlo
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