[MD] dualism redux

[ian glendinning]

Kevin,

Clearly the MoQ "supports" a S/O view of the world, a dualist view,
but the whole point is that as a metaphysics it is based on a view
that says Quality preceeds all subjects and objects. So it is itself a
Monism.

When you say "interaction is everything" any MoQist would agree with
you. Quality is that "interaction" - the interaction from which things
like subjects and objects arise, for our pragmatic convenience and
language.

BTW the "brain in a vat" thought experiments preceed Penrose I think.
There is a good one by Dennett in Minds-I in which more and more of
the sensory and motor systems are replaced by robotic systems in
unusual locations - the question of "where am I" becomes interesting
;-)

Ian