[MD] The Relativist's journey

[MarshaV]

On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Steven Peterson wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> You have raised a lot of good points here. It seems that dmb's
> argument is with Ant McWatt as much as it is with you though for some
> reason he hasn't acknowledged that fact. dmb will, as always, have a
> tough time articulating what particular sort of relativism--some
> dangerous sort?--that applies to you but not equally well to James and
> Pirsig.
> 
> Best,
> Steve

Hi Steve,

It's not Ant's quote about truth within the MoQ alone.  It's RMP discussing multiple truths.  It's also the correlation made between Buddhism's conventional reality and static quality.  Conventional reality is most always described as the relative, practical everyday truth.  I doubt if dmb makes any sense, even to himself, if he doesn't conflate and confuse epistemological relativism and cultural relativism.  And his presenting an unsourced definition that begs the question?  Wow!   


Marsha  


 
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