[MD] Research

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

>From: Squonkonguitar at aol.com
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: [MD] Research
>Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:05:02 EST
>
>
>Dear Forum,
>On December 6th 2006 i was informed squonk will be accepted  onto the
>University of Liverpool's Autumn 2007 mphil research programme,  which 
>leads after
>one year's successful work onto the PhD programme. (This is  standard 
>procedure
>for all PhD research staff.)

Hi Mark
That's great news! Congratulations!

>
>I've been negotiating a research area with a joint supervisory team
>consisting of one philosopher from the Eastern tradition and another  
>philosopher from
>the Western tradition. It has been my intention to focus upon  one area
>common to both traditions which will then support the moq as a viable  
>unification.

There's some interesting research being done into how the brain perceives 
language and music. This particular article caught my attention:

http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1554

Would it be at all worthwhile to explore the correlation between biological 
perception of language vs. the resultant cultural philosophy by comparing 
Eastern and Western tradition in this light? For instance, traditional 
education in the West consists of students learning what the instructors 
teach. Traditional education in the East, at least in Buddhism, seems to 
rely on students realizing for themselves what they already know. How does 
perception of language affect the differing contexts?

Not sure exactly what I'm getting at, really. There seems to be something 
there worth exploring though. More thought would be required to nail it 
down, I guess.

>
>Support for this application could not have been more encouraging; the
>people at Liverpool have been supportive and most kind. As one of the  
>philosophers
>commented, 'I know you want this shot through with Quality.'
>
>If anyone should wish to offer suggestions regarding an appropriate  area 
>of
>research i will be happy to consider them seriously.
>I've got an area in mind, and one individual apart from the two potential
>supervisors, (who shall remain nameless, i.e. Ian Glenndening) knows what  
>it is.

Good luck Mark.

Dan