Re: MD Pirsig the postmodernist?

From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Sat Mar 01 2003 - 07:27:18 GMT

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    Hi all, just a quickie,

    DMB said:
    > That's it. I just wanted to put this anti-metaphysical stance into some
    kind
    > of a context. I hope to address some of the issues raised in this thread
    > later, but wanted to get that on the table. Another thing I learned from
    my
    > little enclopedia, was that Wittgenstein wrote his first major work while
    on
    > active duty and as a prisoner of war. Do you suppose this had anything to
    do
    > with the rise of analytic philosophy? I mean, it seems just as anti-German
    > as it does anti-metaphysical? One wonders if the split between the
    > continental philosophers and the anglo-american philosophers was really
    > motivated by nationalism or patriotism. Just a thought.

    Except that Wittgenstein fought for the German side, not the anglo-american.
    (Specifically, the Austrians. Because he was, of course, an Austrian......)

    Sam

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