[MD] Quick one: causation

[MarshaV]

At 10:00 AM 1/19/2009, you wrote:
> >[Marsha]
> >My meaning is that a thing does not inherently exist.  A thing exist
> >based on convention.
> >
> >[Krimel]
> >So what does "exist" or have inherent existence?
>
>[Marsha]
>No thing inherently exists.  No thing exists from its own
>side.  There is no thing-in-itself.  No thing has its own essence or
>nature, etc.
>
>Entities exist by convention and are best represented as patterns,
>ever-changing, interrelated, mutually dependent static patterns of value,
>
>[Krimel]
>So for you, unless the cheese stands alone its existence is insignificant?

No, spovs are not insignificant, but they are also not TiTs.


Marsha




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The Universe is uncaused, like a net of jewels in which each is a 
reflection of all the others in a fantastic, interrelated harmony without end.
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