[MD] Dynamic quality, openness, possibiliy and absence

[Ian Glendinning]

Actual point:

Having now read "Incomplete Nature" by Terrence Deacon, I have to
agree with David, this is an excellent book; one any MoQ'er should
read. (I do have some criticisms, but on the whole it's a great
synthesis of may other sources I've blogged about in the last few
years. Thanks David.)

Think absence - the existence only of openness to possibility - DQ as
the missing ingredient in the SOM world and you should easily see the
parallel. If you're interested in the wider science and philosophy of
mind, value in humanity vs reductive science and philosophy of science
debates, then there is a lot more besides.

PS / Aside / Meta-point: (Start another thread if you want to respond here.)

Interesting that no-one else has responded to this 3 day old post from
David, one of 3 or 4 he posted recommending reads from "outside"
Pirsigland. The one I did respond to (also very positively) sparked
busy threads entirely about my jokey aside about a typo David pointed
out he had made in his mail - about value being beyond precise
definition of words. Now tell me MD (with only a couple of exceptions
I could name) is not trapped inside a cage of language. (You will.
Defensively. Angrily, ad-hominem attack is the best form of
defensively ..... go on, surprise me.)

Ian

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, David Morey <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Good to be back after a long absence. Well on that subject,
> I suggested many years ago that dynamic quality could be
> more fully and better understood by thinking about how it
> relates to openness and immaterial possibilities that are
> somehow present to experience but absent as realised
> things or SQ. Well Terrence W Deacon has written the key text
> on this sort of thinking:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Incomplete-Nature-Mind-Emerged-Matter/dp/0393049914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360842550&sr=8-1
>
> I think that all MOQers should find this a very interesting read.
>
> Here is a an excellent interview with Deacon explaining the key ideas:
>
> http://www.virginiacampbellmd.com/blog/2012/7/15/incomplete-nature-with-terrence-deacon-podcast-interview.html
>
> All the best
> David Morey
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