[MD] Is Morality innate in the cosmos?

[Ham Priday]

Good morning, SA --


> I am beginning to understand your philosophy more
> and more.  This philosophy that you are talking about
> that employs concepts rather than methods, techniques,
> or analogies is interesting.
>
> Your view on what a philosophy is or is not is interesting.

I find it curious that you would not expect philosophy to be about concepts.
I employ analogies to explain concepts, just as Pirsig or any other
philosopher does.  I also use metaphors, euphemisms, adages, maxims,
equations, and graphic illustrations -- all (hopefully) aiding the reader to
grasp the concepts I'm articulating.  Do you see this as unusual?  If so,
what do you think a philosophy is?

> I took only two philosophy courses in
> the university.  The one you know (Philosophy of
> Science) and the other was Philosophy of Oriental
> Religion and Society.

If you studied Oriental Philosophy, it is I who should be asking you
questions.

I can understand how a course in the Philosophy of Science would stress the
scientific method, perhaps more than the ideas or conclusions themselves.
And you apparently didn't study the history of Western Philosophy, which is
all about ideas (concepts) and how each philosopher's central premise
relates to all the others.

If you're really interested in Philosophy, I would heartily recommend Will
Durant's "The Story of Philosophy" which has sold over 1,250,000 copies in
nine languages, and will acquaint you with the ideas of Plato, Aristotle
(and Greek science), Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire (and the Enlightenment), Kant
(and German Idealism), Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche (and European
philosophy), and the American philosophers Santayana, James and Dewey.  Will
Durant and his wife Ariel were world-acclaimed historians and outstanding
researchers.  You'll learn a lot about history, geography, and cultural
evolution, in addition to philosophy; and it's a much better read than a
college text book.  (I have the Washington Square paperback edition, 19th
printing, published in 1966.)

Looks like you've got plenty of reading to do these days :-)

More later,
Ham