From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 16:43:23 BST
Hi Steve,
I'll try and get hold of that Wilber. At least then I'll have some legitimacy in my criticisms!
:
: I guess if you only consider those who have advanced degrees and work in
: academia as scholars, then Wilber is not one.
:
I consider those who are validated by academia to be scholars; advanced degrees are helpful in
becoming a scholar, but not absolutely essential. The criterion is acceptability by the academic
community, who apply particular standards. So I would accept that Wilber is a scholar if there is
evidence that he is taken seriously by the academic community (and there may well be such; I don't
know).
By the way, if it wasn't clear as an implication of my 'eudaimonic' argument, I'll spell it out: I
don't see academic acceptability as the same as Quality, somewhat the reverse these days. I don't
think Pirsig is a 'scholar', but he is a profound thinker all the same.
Cheers
Sam
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