[MD] Reductionism

[MarshaV]

"What the Metaphysics of Quality adds to James' pragmatism and his 
radical empiricism is the idea that the primal reality from which 
subjects and objects spring is value. By doing so it seems to unite 
pragmatism and radical empiricism into a single fabric. Value, the 
pragmatic test of truth, is also the primary empirical experience. 
The Metaphysics of Quality says pure experience is value. Experience 
which is not valued is not experienced. The two are the same. This is 
where value fits. Value is not at the tail-end of a series of 
superficial scientific deductions that puts it somewhere in a 
mysterious undetermined location in the cortex of the brain. Value is 
at the very front of the empirical procession."
      (LILA, Chapter 29)





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"He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has."
   (Friedrich von Schiller)