Re: MD Bolstering Bo's SOL - Part A

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jun 17 2005 - 22:13:43 BST

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    Hi Mike,

    Thanks for explaining value-centric reason. I think I get it. "Centric"
    refers to the unprovable initial assumption that launches reason into its
    endless machinations. Thus, materialists use substance-centric reason,
    idealists semiotics-centric reason, theologists God-centric reason,
    MOQ'ers value-centric reason, etc. Is that right? Which reminds me of Ben
    Franklin's truism about reason: "So convenient a thing it is to be a
    rational creature since it enables us to find or make a reason for
    everything one has a mind to do."

    Best,
    Platt

    > You asked:
    > Value-centric reason? An interesting concept. But, I'm not sure what it
    > means. Would you care to expand on it, explaining how value-centric reason
    > differes from other reason?
    >
    > MH clarifies:
    > Well, Pirsig's project in ZMM was to "fix" reason so that value (Quality)
    > could be seen as real. He did this by putting value at the centre, as that
    > which creates the entities dealt with by "other reason" (i.e. pre-Pirsig
    > reason/SOM). I merely used "Value-centric reason" to mean the reason of the
    > MOQ, or the infant form of the MOQ found in ZMM. It differs from "other
    > reason" in that it asserts that values are real, while "other reason"
    > reduces everything to substance.
    >
    > Regards,
    > MH

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