Hi Sung, > On Jun 20, 2014, at 6:34 PM, "Sungchul Ji" <s...@rci.rutgers.edu> wrote: > > Matt wrote: > > "Just like 'standing still' is a special case of (062014-1) > motion, matter is a special case of mind." > > > Do you mean by (062014-1) that "Matter is a necessary condition for mind" ?
I didn't mean that. That the special case is a necessary condition for the usual case? Maybe it's true, but I'm not signing my name to that. > Would you agree that > > "Just as 'standing still' is assocaited with a zero (062014-2) > velcoity and motion with non-zero velocities, so matter > is associated with a zero capacity for thinking while > mind has non-zero capacity of thinking ?" I thought of this. I do agree. I used to be a relativist. Back then I would've agreed and further stated that thinking and not thinking are each special states relative to each other—each seeing itself as mind and the other as matter; or if keeping short of the absolutes*, each one thinking he has the superior capacity of mind. But now I tend to think that matter is dormant mind, not completely dead, and that capacity is not relative.** * The pre-quantum physicists must have thought that the special case of absolute zero velocity was nowhere to be found in the physical universe. But now there's a Planck-Wheeler time and space so I guess there's a minimum speed. But that's out of my scope. Is there a similar minimum capacity for thought? I don't think I'd even understand the answer. ** Relativism still nags me. I haven't yet jumped with both feet into 'extreme scholastic realism'. Matt > > It may be that Statement (062014-1) is akin to saying that a glass is half > full, whereas Statement (062014-2) is akin to saying that a glass is half > empty: Both statements are true. > > With all the best. > > Sung > __________________________________________________ > Sungchul Ji, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology > Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology > Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy > Rutgers University > Piscataway, N.J. 08855 > 732-445-4701 > > www.conformon.net > > > > > >> You're unnecessarily complicating things. Just like 'standing still' is a >> special case of motion, matter is a special case of mind. >> >> Matt
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