[MD] W.J. Eastern influences

[MarshaV]

On Oct 4, 2011, at 9:17 AM, david buchanan wrote:

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> Marsha said:
> Bob Doyle stated that W.J. was the first!  And he bemoaned that other philosophers borrowed from W.J. without giving him proper credit.  But that's just foolishness.  It has been documented that W.J. read and reread, in the often cited crisis period of his life, Buddhist and Vedic texts. ...
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> Marsha later added:
> The post was about William James and the comment made by Bob Doyle, and a legitimate question.
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> dmb says:
> Bob Doyle's statement has nothing to do with Buddhism or Vedic texts. He said James was the first to come up with a two-stage model of free will. Your question is not only illegitimate, it's predicated on a fictional claim that no sane person would make. 



Marsha:
Yes, I know.  Doyle was chastising many philosophers for borrowing from W.J. without giving him credit.  I was pointing out that W.J. was influenced by Buddhist and Vedic thinking and failed to give these ancient traditions their proper due.  The legitimate question:  How does William James improve the MoQ?  As far as I can see he does not.  It just points backwards and has nothing to say about Quality, static patterns, or the hierarchical, evolutionary structure that helps evaluate many conflicting patterns.  

I would like to have you address how the MoQ expands and improves Jamesian philosophical ideas.  


 
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