Bo,
BO:
>"Still idealism..." Pirsig speaks at length about the "Copernican revolution" his
>Quality Idea will bring about, he tells about his epiphany where he sees
>Quality as before anything else and says that it is the CREATOR of mind and
>matter ..... of MIND, mind you!!....then you come dragging the mind/matter
>arch-offspring "idealism" back into the discussion!
Didn't you once slip and say that "the MOQ could be called the Metaphysics
of Subjectivity"? Haven't you in a past post "staggered to the podium" to
deny the MOQ's idealism for the n'th time only to shortly thereafter admit
it? Haven't you said that you could understand how people could view the MOQ
premise as "outrageous" and (see just below) as "madness"?
BO:
>It's perfectly OK, to say (to
>oneself): "H... this is madness, I won't touch it!", but to treat the MOQ an
>interesting theory worth exploring ... without acceptance of the the initial
>postulate is beyond me. Please, no "ire" directed your way Glenn, it's just that
>each time someone return after a break and presents a promising-sounding
>message my hopes rise.
You'll have to show me where you think I said or even implied that the MOQ was
an interesting theory worth exploring. Either you mis-read or read-into what I
wrote or I didn't make myself clear. Please try not to confuse statements I
make that clarify what I think Pirsig believes with what I believe. When in
doubt about this, a good rule of thumb is to assume I don't agree with him.
Glenn
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