Gregg:

Welcome back . . . !!

My guess is that those familiar with your writings found this post  
quite consistent and, hopefully, are looking forward to your efforts  
to "consolidate."

I've read a lot by you and, since I guess I'm something of a  
"delta-detector," the only thing I found "new" was this --

"And that [i.e. the shift to a more wisdom-based integrated pluralism]  
must be connected to the development of technology."

How would you like to to that (in the context of your PQ theme &c)?   
What are the relevant principles of metaphysics involved (and can they  
help to explain China) . . . ??

Mark

P.S. Speaking of China, Kai Fu Lee has announced that his "A.I.  
Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order" will be  
shipping in a few weeks.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_AI-2DSuperpowers-2DChina-2DSilicon-2DValley_dp_132854639X&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=r5rm8ulxM8l7JEMJnIbNGEyJlqQ86X2COQXuD-sNDIU&s=N-q_B_Ne_W-H4Y5LkaXLEhZaSFU2DDtdpKor_PFmh1M&e=

Quoting "Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi List,
>
>   I am back in the saddle after the cruise. Lots of good food and  
> family time, and it bookends (and ends) my month of "gluttony and  
> sloth." I was off line for about 5 days, which is always an  
> interesting experience. Thanks for the contributions to the list  
> when I was out. Jamie, I have enjoyed your detailed posts on The  
> Moral Apex, there is much that resonates with me. My fundamental  
> conception of the fifth joint point is that we must foster a shift  
> from the current state of fragmented knowledge pluralism to a more  
> wisdom-based integrated pluralism. And that must be connected to the  
> development of technology. A highlight of the trip was hanging with  
> my 17 year old nephew, Andrew, who is precocious and curious and had  
> become fascinated about the ToK/UTUA System. He had many questions  
> about consciousness, free will, psychology, politics and the future  
> of humanity. It was great discussing such things with him. And it  
> was a reminder of the kinds of things our education system is not  
> doing (i.e., getting our kids to think about philosophy and  
> psychology).
>
> My primary intellectual activity during that time was to complete  
> the book, The Story of  
> Philosophy<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.rosenfels.org_Durant.pdf&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=r5rm8ulxM8l7JEMJnIbNGEyJlqQ86X2COQXuD-sNDIU&s=8A7Ua9eEy8uKFT1otdNT6O6a9_y9QnaIx-coRkQMOf8&e=> (Durant, 1926). It  
> attempts to provide an overview of "synthetic" philosophy via  
> telling the life stories and works of major figures starting with  
> Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and ending with late 19th/early 20th  
> century folks like James, Dewey and Russell.  It was instructive to  
> see how these folks put together the various strands/branches of  
> philosophy, with the main ones being metaphysics, epistemology, and  
> ethics (the book skirted around both analytic philosophy/logic, and  
> also did not include Eastern perspectives). The relationship between  
> "matter" and "mind" (and variants of objective versus subjective and  
> idealism versus materialism) was a primary and central concern of  
> the thinkers Durant reviewed.
>
>   I was pleased to reference these thinkers in relationship to the  
> ToK/UTUA system. I found that I could readily empathize with each of  
> the perspectives offered. In the language of psychotherapy  
> integration<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.minddisorders.com_Ob-2DPs_Psychotherapy-2Dintegration.html&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=r5rm8ulxM8l7JEMJnIbNGEyJlqQ86X2COQXuD-sNDIU&s=tidH3_hG9QiwhrswNdYv8ZLhXnBvlWl3hbZ0F4Phe_M&e=>, I could "assimilate and integrate" the various perspectives, seeing both what was being offered, while at the same time seeing what was not being seen by the approach via the version of reality through which I see the world and our place in it. I remain happy with the idea that the ToK System is a new metaphysical system. By that I mean a new language game that carves up reality in a way that is consistent with scientific/empirical findings, and empirical/common sense observation. I also remain happy with the linkages the system affords between justification and epistemology. In other words, it felt very much to me that the two insights I had over twenty years ago (i.e., the ToK and the JH) were very much key missing puzzle pieces to developing a truly advanced synthetic scientific humanistic  
> philosophy.
>
> Best,
> Gregg
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