[MD] dualism redux

[Kevin Perez]

Hello Horse,
 
> So what you're saying basically boils down to:
> 
> 1) Intellectual patterns of value are Dualistic
> 2) The Metaphysics of Quality is an Intellectual pattern of value so
> 3) The Metaphysics of Quality is Dualistic
> 
> Is this about right?
 
I wouldn't put it this way.
 
What is or is not dualistic is the approach to reality.  A dualistic
approach sees reality as an object "out there" and separate from
oneself.  The Metaphysics of Quality is like this.
 
Platt recently mentioned Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind.
In it Penrose wrote about brains in vats.  I can't remember the
conclusion Penrose arrived at but I do remember the questions.
Could an appropriately connected brain distinguish its brain-in-vat
reality from the reality it perceived from its electro-chemical
connections?  Could a brain in a vat know it was a brain in a vat?
 
For me, these questions get to the root of what I believe about
reality.  I believe interaction is everything.
 
We can approach reality dualistically like a brain in a vat and realize
limited interaction and separateness from reality.  Or we can
approach reality non-dualistically and realize abundant interaction
and oneness with reality.  My experience is we all do both and that
most people, including myself, spend most of thier lives like brains
in vats.
 
But I say interaction is everything.  And so I'm optimistic about the
future.
 

Kevin

 
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