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Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V00 #73
> There is no clash between thought and feeling, any apparent
> clash betwwen the two iis really a clash between two
> contradicting ideas. So, if you have a feeling that seems
> irrational, it's really your ideas that are irrational.
Thanks Dan. I couldn't have said it better. Ayn Rand's
philosophy has had a great influence on my own thinking,
too. Her essay, "Art and Cognition" in her book "The
Romantic Manifesto" is what led me to Helmholtz, and
subsequently, a whole new world of music and aesthetics.
- Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Koontz" <DanKoontz@webtv.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V00 #73
> First of all, rationality and irrationality are mutually exclusive. You
> either choose to validate your ideas (through a process of reason),and
> be rational; or choose to follow whatever makes you feel good and is
> conveniant. The senses (percepts) are valid, they are automatic
> reactions to the external world. Your senses never lie, the error occurs
> when a person takes percepts and forms incorrect (invalid) concepts. A
> good example of this would be the illusion of the broken-stick in water.
> The senses are totaly reliable in that they don't censor the light
> coming to your eyes at different speeds. I you were to conclude that the
> stick was really bent, that would be an error of thought (conceptual),
> not yor senses (perceptual). Love is not an "irrational feeling". Love,
> like all feelings or emotions are a value judgement formed by one's
> ideas. All emotions derive from the content of one's mind. If you won a
> million dollars, would you feel happy, or sad and dejected? You would
> feel happy, because those million dollars would be of value to you.
> There is no clash between thought and feeling, any apparent clash
> betwwen the two iis really a clash between two contradicting ideas. So,
> if you have a feeling that seems irrational, it's really your ideas that
> are irrational. I strongly suggest you look into Objectivism, the
> philosophy of Ayn Rand.
>
> Cheers, - Dan
>
>