[MD] The Examined Life

[markhsmit]

Hi Ham,

On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:50:26 AM, "Ham Priday" <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:
And you would be correct. Existence is simply appearance. In metaphysical 
logic, negation of a negation produces the "appearance of .otherness". That 
appearance, however, requires the cognitive realization of a sensient 
observer in order to exist. Appearance is like Value; it doesn't exist 
unless it is realized.

Let's start at the beginning.  Negation in my mind is: Not allowed to exist (at least in the
context I read your posts).  Nothingness is not allowed and therefore something 
exists.  I would further try to understand your ontology, by stating that I read this
premise to include an active negation.  For this activity to be present it requires
something, such as our bodies, to negate nothingness.  Here is where I have difficulty,
for our bodies to negate, they must exist apart from nothingness.  If such is the
case, negation has already occurred before the need to negate.  Let me know (or point
me to your thesis) to better understand this.

Willblake2