I guess what I'm asking, Tim, Ted, is this: is OOO a "first philosophy" with or ithout a "second philosophy", so to speak? Is it a "difference that makes a difference"?
For shizzle John. It explains why things exist and how they exist, what causality is and so on.
Thanks, Tim. Fo shizzle. But what about the "second philosophy" part? I don't mean epistemology, I mean "ethics", as in "How do we then live?" Are there ethical consequences to the democracy of objects, living within and as part of the mesh, etc? Or do we want to avoid specifying them?
ReplyDeleteSpecifically, is there an OOO-ish way of thinking about a hyperobject like ALEC? That leads to any particular ethical stance in relation to it.
I do recall your comments about learning to enjoy -if that's the word- being a hypocrite. I guess that's one ethical consequence. ... (which i don't argue with, I'm as big a hypocrite in these matters as anyone ...)
What about starting at 0.000nth? Then you have plenty of room for the subreifications
ReplyDeleteOkay, I've started this with the note that starting at 0.000nth leaves a lot of room for sub-reifications, and I still haven't talked the control robot into signing me on with the Venn diagram test. Well, each of those words is another order of argument.
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