From: Matt Kundert (pirsigaffliction@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 06 2005 - 19:17:04 BST
Reinier,
This is just a gentle rebuke. Your comment that the "MOQ and SOM are both
theories concerning metaphysics" and are at the intellectual level is
question-begging to Bo because that is just what is at issue between Bo and
others, like you, me, and Paul (and Pirsig, Anthony, etc). What we need are
more intensive arguments and explanations of why Bo's (or our's, for that
matter) reasoning or assumptions are wrong. Like the assumption that
Pirsig's insight in ZMM was that SOM was created in Greece. I think that's
an ambiguous point, which can be taken in a wrong or right way as stated.
Or Paul's argument that just because a level starts somewhere doesn't mean
its defined by its start. We don't need position statements at this point
(those will sort themselves out later), we need to undermine the arguments
and interpretations being offered in support of those positions.
Matt
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