> RICK:>I think Pirsig is saying that cultural definitions of what is real
and
> >unreal (somehow) operate post-sensation and pre-cognition.
>
> ERIN: THE KEY WORD BEING "SOMEHOW".
> ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH PIAGET'S ASSIMILIATION AND ACCOMODATION?
>
> IF A KID SEES A ZEBRA AND THINKS "HORSE" (ASSIMILIATION). THEN SOMEBODY
> POINTS OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZEBRA AND HORSE. THE KID CAN EITHER 1)
STILL
> SEE HORSE 2) OR THE PATTERN OF THINKING IS REORGANIZED AND A COGNITION WAS
> ACCOMODATED. THUS HE THEN SEES A "ZEBRA"
>
> NOW THE SOMEHOW IS JUST A LIGHT-DIGITAL CONVERSION BECAUSE WHETHER IT
> ASSIMILATES OR ACCOMODATES DEPENDS ON THE READINESS OF THE KID (OR HIS
> COGNITION. SO WHEN YOU INTERPRET "CUT OFF" IT SEEMS LIKE A PASSIVE
PROCESS
> BUT TO ME THE "CUT OFF" IS MORE ACTIVE (AND INCONSISTENT).
RICK
Erin, I understand your theory. I just don't think it's what PIRSIG is
saying. I think you are confusing your own idea for Pirsig's. I simply
don't see your 'top-down' theory matching what is written in the book.
nuff said
rick
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