[MD] Chance

[David M]

Hi Platt/Arlo

At the least the cat has the possibility to evolve
and gain social and intellectual possibities,
so clearly DQ is available at all levels unless
you think the chain of being has now become fixed,
rather pre-modern thinking!

DM

> Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:
>
>> [Platt]
>> But to the extent that one follows Dynamic Quality, which is
>> undefinable, one's behavior is free.
>>
>> [Arlo]
>> You've stated before that "only man responds to Dynamic Quality".
>> Does this mean that man's behavior is the only thing in the universe
>> that is not deterministic?
>>
>> If not, since you've said a cat cannot respond to Dynamic Quality,
>> how is his behavior "free"? Or is your cat governed strictly by
>> deterministic laws?
>>
>> Or are you going to say now, and agree with me, that your cat can
>> indeed respond to DQ (making it "free" from deterministic laws,
>> albeit "less free" than man whose respond to DQ includes social and
>> intellectual level affordances)?
>>
>> So which is it? Is your cat's behavior "free"? If so, is it because
>> it can "follow Dynamic Quality"? And if not, how else can it be "free"?
>
> My cat is subject to the law of the jungle as it applies to cats and is 
> thus
> constricted by that law. I presume you'll agree with me the law of the 
> jungle
> is not about to change. Man, however, through society and intellect, has 
> overcome
> that static law and is thus free to respond to DQ.
>
> Platt
>
>
>
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