[MD] chariotness

[Carl Thames]

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From: "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] chariotness


> Greetings Carl,
>
> The chariot simile is very widely referenced and I thought added a 
> different perspective.   Metaphysics, to me, means simply the study of the 
> nature of reality.  Within the MoQ reality is 
> Quality(unpatterned/patterned).  RMP, himself, has said that "Since a 
> metaphysics is essentially a kind of dialectical definition and since 
> Quality is essentially outside definition, this means that a 'Metaphysics 
> of Quality' is essentially a contradiction in terms, a logical absurdity." 
> (LILA)   Don't know about you, but I have an absurd drive to discuss 
> metaphysical issues.   I'm quite sure it must be a mental illness.
>
>
> Marsha

Naturally I waited until AFTER the post to actually look up the definition 
of metaphysics.  Sigh.  According to Merriam Webster, metaphysics is:

"a (1) : a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental 
nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often 
epistemology (2) : abstract philosophical studies : a study of what is 
outside objective experience"

According to this, there IS a metaphysics of quality, since it is outside 
objective experience.  Your experience and my experience of the same thing 
can, and usually is, totally different.  That doesn't mean that each isn't 
valid, though.   I also have an absurd drive to discuss just about anything 
philosophical, so here I am. <G>