> What's so strange about teaching Dewey up against Schopenhauer I ask,
> (angling for lurkers)?
Dewey was not teached against Schopenhauer (note: Schopenhauer it's very
important in italian school programs because Giacomo Leopardi, an important
italian poet, was influenced by his works) but in addition with. But for
italian school system was an exception...
>I think you're Philosophy Prof. was a
> very smart man.
I think this too!
> Note to MOQ MD: Satisfaction/Quality - analogy OK?
I think it's ok, but we are in the area of the ideas used as tools to
explain something...
Tonight I was reading Dewey...he damns the classic metaphisics because these
are humans constructions against the "horror vacui", fear philosophies, too
many simplificatory things.
But that apparent nihilism can be converted to the research of operational
valid ideas (the root of Pirsig's *static patterns*?!). The thought is
considered as something in evolution (as Pirsig said about the intellectual
patterns)....There is no doubt that Dewey may be considered one of the MOQ's
fathers...
(PS: If someone wants to subscribe to a Dewey's maling list...
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/janicke/Dewey.html )
Excuse my poor language...it's difficult for me express philosopical
thoughts in english! Marco, help me ;)
Spherik
(member of moq/italia)
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