[MD] The Advancement of MOQ

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

Thanks for your answer Bo

Indeed I have found myself practicing as a "missionary" a bit - and met with 
the frustration that leads to, as I'm sure many here recognize =) That is 
the way that is, and of course if one comes across something so. well, 
beautiful as the MoQ one wants to show it to others. The comparison to 
trying to make other people appreciate a painting that you yourself find to 
be strikingly beautiful comes to mind. Some people, of course, don't care 
about art at all, and so doesn't even try to appreciate the painting at 
hand, and other people, well, they may be to stuck in what they have 
concluded to be "good" art to look at what you wish to show them. Some 
people will like it though, and so I think, that trying to show this 
painting to people, that of the MoQ is a good thing - though to do so 
requires that one doesn't try too hard I think.

But, as for the use of the MoQ  in, well, academic work it will be in this 
case, here lies the most frustrating part of it all. I am studying to become 
a historian, and I very much would like to use and incorporate an MoQ view 
in my studies, something that I have already done a bit I might ad. Of 
course I don't want to "resolve a metaphysical argument at the end of each 
sentence"  but neither do I wish to continue my studies with philosophical 
tools that I know to be inferior. The thought has crossed my mind that 
perhaps my future within the field of history is already doomed because of 
this, but I don't think It will come to that.

Hehe, and one last thing, concerning what you wrote last Bo:

>Well, after SOM (still intellect in my opinion) introduced the
>notion of TRUTH - of objectivity as contrasted to subjectivity - it's
>difficult to avoid claiming that the MOQ is true and the SOM
>false, meaning that the totality (MOQ) is greater than one of its
>levels. About the MOQ being no truth sounds like being false, the
>"many truths" is a dubious proposition.

It is hard, when talking about this not to sound like a pompous prophet  isn't 
it =) At least one knows that that's how it might be interpreted in the mind 
of someone dedicated to the SOM. I mean, the SOM, or, rather, the scientific 
thinking of today has a very strong immune system aimed towards everything 
even remotely sounding like "mysticism" and understandably so, it took time 
for this intellectual level to overcome the former, and Voltaire's "Écrasez 
l'Infame!"  - and all that this total denunciation of the "old ways" 
represent, has no doubt served intellectual quality.

The question remains then - is this the way the MOQ should proceed?

PS I would like to express my appreciation of the opportunity to participate 
in this discussion, thoughts easily eludes me unless I have some way of 
ventilating them.

Tackar Hjärtligast! =)

Chris