[MD] cloud of probability

Joseph Maurer jhmau at comcast.net
Fri Jun 10 12:28:08 PDT 2011


Hi Ham and all,

A blind, deaf mute can't see or hear.  Does he have any way of defining his
experience?  Maybe a definition of "metaphysics" is beyond words, outside of
definitions, just experience.  The metaphysics of experience?

Joe


On 6/10/11 12:00 PM, "Ham Priday" <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> 
>  On Jun 10, 2011, at 1:02 PM, david buchanan wrote:
> 
>> Like the man says, and like every reasonable person knows,
>> metaphysics must be definable, divisible and knowable or
>> there isn't any metaphysics.
>> 
>> "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, Chapter 5)
> 
> Why, then, did the man choose to call his Quality thesis a "metaphysics"?
> Did he want his acolytes to spend their time trying to resolve a
> contradiction?
> 
> Just curious,
> Ham 
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