[MD] logically incoherent

[MarshaV]

On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:10 AM, Ham Priday wrote:

> Hi Marsha and Joe --
> 
> On 9/5/11 5:50 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> Has anyone considered that that which is labled 'common sense'
>> and 'logical' are social static patterns of value?   Geez...
> 
> 

> A while back, acknowledging that "MoQ is ontologically indeterminate", Marsha asked me if I could offer justification for Essentialism that is empirically or philosophically stronger.  I didn't answer at the time because it appeared to be a rhetorical question.  However, since the true nature of Reality is implicated in this discussion, I'll go on record with the following statement:
> 
> NOTHING can exist -- not Evolution or its "levels", not the material universe, not Quality or the emotions, not Intellect or Experience, not even the conscious Self -- in the absence of a Primary Source.  I cite as my logic for this premise the 'ex nihilo nihil fit' proposition of classical philosophy, the empirical precept of  'first cause', and the metaphysical principle that Heidegger formulated in the question "Why are there beings rather than nothing?"
> 
> Thanks to you both for giving me a reason to engage in this discussion.
> 
> Essentially speaking,
> Ham


Hello Ham,

Can you provide proofs for your premises?  Of course not, because they are cultural constructs.  I was't rejecting or accepting (Paying attention Ron?) formal logic, but offhand statements bemoaning what is and isn't logical, or what does or doesn't make sense are social (cultural) in nature.  


Marsha 
 
 
 
 
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