You have increased my interest in Rorty but I have a question for you.
In that email Rorty referred to Pirsig as being on a different wavelength if
memory serves me correctly. Different wavelenghts, what is that supposed to
mean?
erin
>Squonk,
>
>>
>> Hi Matt,
>> How would Rorty define Quality?
>
>
>>
>> Is Rorty Quality?
>
>
>How about we stick to this first one, rather then your second one ;-)
>
>Um, this is a tough one. If you're trying to point out the fact that Rorty
>isn't a Pirsigian, you got me. He isn't. He probably would define quality.
>But notice, I say quality and not Quality. "q"ualities are simple properties
>of objects that even exist in MoQian terminology. Quality is something
>different. It is Reality.
>
>I'm not going to try and press this point, but I'll say this: while Rorty may
>not find much in Pirsig (which is about what he said in a short e-mail to
>3dwavedave) that's his problem, not ours. He would, however, protect our
>individual, private right towards self-perfection, be it religion or
philosophy
>or something in between. Our final vocabulary is our own; our route towards
>self-perfection is our own.
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