[MD] Mystics and Brains -- Matt has a question

[david buchanan]

Matt and y'all:

Just one point...

Matt Kundert said:
...the idea that I still find true is that of bouncing back and forth 
between different vocabularies of explanation.  I take that to be central to 
the pragmatist position, one that is central to Pirsig's position if you 
take seriously his comments about the general utility of causal accounts vs. 
preconditional evaluative accounts ("A causes B" v. "B values precondition 
A").

dmb says:
I don't think we can compare this difference (between the causal account and 
the evaluative account) to the difference between a neurological account and 
a mystical account. In the example from Lila, both vocabularies are being 
used to describe a physical event, a law-like relation between A and B. But 
in the case of describing mysticism in terms of biology. Like I said to 
case, its like trying to measure a work of art by its physical dimensions. 
Also, correlation is not the same as causality or identity.

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