Patrick wrote:
Yes, Pirsig is saying that all, and I fully agree with him, and your
analysis. But replacing SOM with another metaphysics which puts
experience in front, is not original, certainly in the previous century.
I admire Pirsig in his attempt to point to the essence of quality, and
his rather rigid intellectual attempt to formulate a 'Metaphysics of
Quality', but I admire a few others who more or less point to the same,
equally.
DMB says:
Not original? Right. Pirsig says one of the major problems with SOM is its
failure to recognize that all intellectual formulations MUST BE derived from
the culture. So if his MOQ failed to have some precedents in the culture,
Pirsig would just be making the same mistake. As you point out below....
Patrick wrote:
As Pirsig has said, his work is a culture-bearer. That means that his
'metaphysics' (I prefer the word 'philosophy') is not something he
invented, but is a trend in culture.
DMB says:
Yea. To put it in other words, I'd say he wove the MOQ out of threads that
already existed, which is always how it MUST be. All intellectual
formulations must be culturally derived.
Thanks for your time,
DMB
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