[MD] The Dynamics of Value

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Hi /A,

To start with, dynamic and static quality.

Mark

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Alexander Jarnroth <
alexander.jarnroth at comhem.se> wrote:

> Interesting approach. But just what kinds of words were you considering?
>
> /A
>
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> Hi A,
>
> Yes, I think you make a good point.  The mathematics of language is
> something that I am interested in.  The Qabalah deals with this, so I have
> been studying its principles in a superficial way.  In this way I can get a
> better understanding of such a thing.  Recently in a series of exchanges
> between Ham and me, the formulation of Quality was brought up.  The idea
> was
> to assign constants, variables, and operators to terms in MOQ.  The
> approach
> would be similar to the one physics uses to describe the universe.  They
> are
> all analogies, and there may be ways to make the two approaches, verbal and
> mathematical, interchangeable.  It does get tricky because of the different
> formulations used by each person in the definition of words.  This is kind
> of where we got stuck.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Alexander Jarnroth <
> alexander.jarnroth at comhem.se> wrote:
>
> > I would rather say that "a logic" is a specified way of assigning
> > relationships among what is termed "entities". In formal logic, which
> > is a Boolean algebra, as mentioned in another context, you have the
> > two operators, or relationships, "and" and "or" - entities which
> > values can either be one (unity) or zero (that is true or false) - and
> > the complement
> > (negation) to a given statement. Implications, that is "if p then
> > q"-statements, could be viewed as "not-p or q".
> > I think these other logics are intelligible enough to be termed "logics"
> > even though you can't formalize them in the same way.
> >
> > I came, however, to think about another thing concerning labels and
> > values, in the case, though, in relation to set theory, which is
> > equivalent to formal logic. But to put it simple, arithmetic concerns
> > values, but algebra concerns labels. So you could say that you assign
> > labels, then abstract them, perform operations on them, and then you
> > could reassign values to the labels any way you want. Thus, a
> > mathematic concept derived from some setting, could most often find
> > applications in other quite different contexts.
> > Talking about other values, these abstract concepts must be
> > intellectual values, but also, somehow, correspondence to other
> > values: Boolean algebra being a good example.
> > With words, however, it's quite different, because if you try to do
> > the same with words you would get the logic of poetics, which have a
> > social meaning, but most often lack correspondences to the outside of
> > the social sphere (but perhaps not, if combined with the logic of
> > practice, which would be a kind of expressive mapping from the
> > psychosocial sphere to the external world).
> > I think there actually can be some things into this. Pirsig himself
> > tries to use the logic of poetics in some of his work (this
> > reconstructed Indo-European being rather poetic, than etymological -
> > probably there has never actually been anything like
> > "proto-Indo-European" - it's just a constructed set of references,
> > which could be useful in comparative linguistics).
> >
> > /A
> >
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> > Subject: Re: [MD] The Dynamics of Value
> >
> > Hi A,
> >
> > Thanks for the response and wonderful ideas.
> >
> > Yes, I do not want to get into how logic can be defined, so I use it
> > only in terms of its cause and effect, or if/then, as directed by
> > words based on assumptions.  I suppose one could describe a type of
> > logic coming from poetry, but I prefer just to use such a term in its
> > quasi-scientific sense.
> >  Ritual could be interpreted as logical but, this just confuses things
> > for me.  Of course, that is limiting the definition, but just makes it
> simpler.
> >  Other kinds of logic can certainly contain a modifier such as you
> > present with the term poetic logic.
> >
> > We have discussed memes in this forum, but I don't think anyone has
> > brought up Falon Gong, but I have to say, I have not read the complete
> > history of MOQ.  For me labeling can be seen as posts in the ground
> > which are then interconnected with strings to form a web.  And what a
> beautiful web it is!
> >  The important thing for me to keep in mind, is that in the end, this
> > web is not connected to anything, but floating and growing on its own.
> > And, of course, what is the spider?
> >
> > The web itself is based on so called intuition.  The view I take is
> > that all subject object metaphysics is indeed fruitful in terms of
> > creating meaning and thus imparting reconciliation with what we are
> > presented with.
> >  However,
> > it should be viewed in that context and not pretend to be something more.
> >  We are dealing with analogies and analogies of analogies.  Yes,
> > technology should not be abandoned, we are still in primitive times
> > and have only just begun.  We do, however, need to take a break now
> > and again, and let wisdom catch up.
> >
> > You will also notice that sometimes Quality is brought in to justify
> > certain views or systems rather than to describe them.  I believe this
> > should also be viewed with skepticism.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
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