[MD] Theism/epistemology

[Michael Poloukhine]

> > MP:
> > But I am here with a desire to expand my understanding, not defend
> > it. The very idea of "having a thesis" is contrary to that process, 
> > its a static position seeking to defend itself. 
> 
> BO:
> "Having a thesis" sounds like an intellectual theory, but if I may
> expand it into "having an explanation of experience" or a "mythology" 
> or "metaphysics" I think it's impossible NOT to have one. 
> Anthropologists find that all mankind, however "remote" or primitive, 
> has an explanation of the origin and destiny of mankind (this may just 
> be themselves) 
> 
> > MP:
> > In contrast, while I hold certain beliefs and have certain ideas and 
> > thoughts which are relatively static, and as such less apt to easily 
> > change than some others, I am here to expand on them, even if it means 
> > they change from what they were. I don't understand that to be a
> > "thesis" approach. 
> 
> BO:
> Granted, if you will grant me the use of the MOQ. As said, the 
> academical approach where a thesis is criticized and defended in a
> doctoral dispute can't be done with the MOQ because what it wants to
> overturn IS academy, or create a new one. 
> 
> But for all I know your thesis may be of a similar magnitude, we'll see. 

Bo, I'm not denying anyone any "thesis", MoQ or otherwise. Go with what works 
for you.

I'm just saying I don't know that *I* have one; whether you define it as I thought 
you had, and more so if you define it as you did in the expanded sense. 

If I have a thesis in that sense its that I don't think any of us really can have one 
that doesn't somehow miss the mark and lead us astray. In that sense, I think 
"having a thesis" is more a sure way to be wrong about things than not. I'd 
hesitate to call it nihilism though, its more like metaphysical futilism. ;-)

So, in that light, I just go on, seeking to learn/see/experience more than I had 
before in the "belief" that it will bring me greater understanding.

I'm here because what I understood of MoQ explained a lot to me that had not 
made sense before. Problem is, the more I try to get a hold on MoQ, the more it 
becomes a roadblock to my understanding.

Hope that explains things better to you?


MP
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"Don't believe everything you think."