[MD] Is the MOQ static, or a static pattern?

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Tuukka]
> 1) the MOQ has to include those biological patterns
> 2) All patterns of the MOQ involve language.
> 3) But in a literal (non-metaphoric) interpretation of the MOQ,
> every pattern is necessarily based on language
> 4) the MOQ...is not an intellectual pattern. As the MOQ encompasses all patterns, and 
> all patterns have a language component, the MOQ may not be expressed as 
> any single pattern it describes.

[Craig]
1) 'include' is ambiguous here.
Compare "This history book includes World War I, World War II & 100 photographs".
The sense in which the history book includes World War I & World War II is not the sense in which
it includes the photographs.
The sense in which the MoQ includes biological patterns is the sense in which a history book
includes history, not photographs.
2), 3) & 4) 'involve', 'based' & 'encompasses' are weasel words.
Patterns are not dependent upon language, but they are not independent of it either.
The MoQ is part of the intellectual level.  Whether it is a single pattern or not depends on
how you look at it.
Craig