I mean… what you’re actually criticizing is that Alan Watts is a goo philosopher.
He’s not trying to be precise or carefully define what he’s talking about. He’s instead using loose metaphors to convey a feeling.
And your objection is that his loose metaphors are pointing at things that have precise definitions and therefore he’s technically mistaken in how he’s trying to illustrate his point.
To which a goo person would shrug. Because they understood the message, and that’s the real point. Not technical accuracy of the words & metaphors.
So in a funny way, you’re actually illustrating Watts’ point.
I mean… what you’re actually criticizing is that Alan Watts is a goo philosopher.
He’s not trying to be precise or carefully define what he’s talking about. He’s instead using loose metaphors to convey a feeling.
And your objection is that his loose metaphors are pointing at things that have precise definitions and therefore he’s technically mistaken in how he’s trying to illustrate his point.
To which a goo person would shrug. Because they understood the message, and that’s the real point. Not technical accuracy of the words & metaphors.
So in a funny way, you’re actually illustrating Watts’ point.
Good point