RE: MD Pirsig the postmodernist?

From: Kevin (kevin@xap.com)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 17:44:30 GMT

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    Platt observes:
    Right on. A wonderful "foundation" of knowledge--it agrees with
    experience, is logically consistent and is wonderfully economical. Now
    where have I seen those same epistemological standards in print? Oh
    yes, now I remember. Chapter 8 of "Lila." :-)

    Kevin:
    Are you agreeing that Pirsig is a postmodernist? :-)

    At this point, after so many runs around this familiar track, I feel
    confident that you understand what many of us are saying about
    postmodernism.

    Pomos *DON'T* think everything is equal or that we can't know Better
    from Worse. In fact, we could say that *ALL* we ever *CAN* know is
    Better from Worse because Truth (the ahistorical absolute kind) will
    ultimately escape us. We can but choose to conintue on a course of
    Betterness to make of things what we will without concerning ourselves
    with finding the Terminus of that Quest. It's the Journey, not the
    destination.

    I think you see the distinction quite clearly but can't help but stir
    the pot.

    Perhaps it's just time for a drink?
    -Kevin

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