[MD] Good Mystic, Bad Mystic.

[MarshaV]

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Hello Joe,

I do not understand your puzzlement.  Holding static patterns as hypothetical do not weaken the concept of evolution any more than the following statement by RMP.

RMP:
"When we speak of an external world guided by evolution it's normal to assume that it is really there, is independent of us and is the cause of us. The MOQ goes along with this assumption because experience has shown it to be an extremely high quality belief for our time. But unlike materialist metaphysics, the MOQ does not forget that it is still just a belief - quite different from beliefs in the past, from beliefs of other present cultures, and possibly from beliefs we will all have in the future. What will decide which belief prevails is, of course, its quality."

Though I prefer to hold evolution (as I do all static patterns of value) as hypothetical, it still represents, as RMP explains, a very high quality intellectual static pattern.  


Marsha



On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Joseph  Maurer <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi MarshaV and All,
> 
> I have trouble understanding the need for the argument: Understanding static
> (patterned) value as hypothetical in order to make room for additional
> inquiry.  Imho, That would seriously weaken the metaphysical logic for
> evolution.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> On 8/20/12 7:16 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> Understanding static (patterned) value as hypothetical acknowledges the
>> incompleteness of what we know and makes room for additional inquiry with new
>> possibilities; it promotes an attitude of fearless curiosity: gumption.  It
>> moves one away from thinking of entities as existing inherently and existing
>> independent of consciousness.
> 
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