[MD] Free Will

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Craig,

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 5:41 PM,  <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
> [Dan]
>> You're mistaking the moon for the finger pointing to it.
>> Anything we discuss is intellectual static quality, including Dynamic
>> Quality.
>
> You've got the right locution, but the wrong interpretation of it.
> On the one side, we have the discussion (the "finger pointing" or
> tongue wagging) & on the other side, we have what is being discussed
> (the moon).
> The discussion is always "intellectual static quality"; what is being
> discussed can be any of the 4 levels of PoVs or (per example) DQ.
> To declare that both sides must be "intellectual static quality"
> is to "mistake the moon for the finger pointing to it".


As long as you think that there is an "it" that can be pointed to, you
are referring to Dynamic Quality as an intellectual pattern of value
(or possibly some other sort). That is why Dan's original point was to
say, "not this, not that." You've just come back with "it's that, not
this" or "it's this, not that" retorts which is the whole game that
Dan was trying to say we ought not play when it comes to DQ.

Best,
Steve