[MD] A fly in the MOQ ointment

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Dave, Mary, All.

4 April :

Mary said: Hey DMB!
> > You know what?  I write two really long posts trying to explain why I
> > think The Intellectual Level = SOM and your response is to quibble about
> > William James?  Well, delighted to see you agree with me! ;)
> >  Bait...bait...bait :)

dmb says:
> Sometimes it's better to aim straight for the heart of the matter
> rather than quibble about every little detail. Those William James
> quotes were supposed to show you what SOM is, exactly, and it was
> supposed to show you an example of a non-SOM philosophy. 

"Non-SOM" philosophy ...phew, see below.  

> If the intellectual level and SOM were the same thing, wouldn't it be
> impossible to show you what I just showed you? Doesn't that
> counter-example prove that such an assertion can't be true? 

Academical philosophy is part and parcel of SOM, those who 
introduced the notion of reality as an objective something that we have 
a subjective experience of were "philosophers" thus it's seemingly 
impossible to escape this circle, but it's plain that the MOQ  was meant 
to be a rebellion against academical philosophy with the introduction of 
the "metaphysics" term in connection with the Quality Idea. However 
it's said that all attacks on China ended with the attackers becoming 
Chinese, it seems that the MOQ is in the process of being absorbed 
by SOM. It's only the SOL that keeps it alive.    


Bodvar