From: ant.mcwatt@ntlworld.com
Date: Thu Nov 06 2003 - 17:43:02 GMT
David Harding said on November 5th:
Hi Anthony,
Now that all that hard work has almost been completed what do you plan to do
with yourself now? I'm curious because at the moment I'm trying to work out
how and where best I can make the MoQ more recognised for what it is.
Dear David,
Thanks for the interest. I will probably go into lecturing though I’m half minded just to open up a motorcycle garage in the middle of nowhere. (Maybe, this will be a better idea in twenty years time).
I see the Internet as one of the mediums (as with the novel format previously) in which Pirsig’s work will become established academically in the long run, whether or not academic philosophy presently takes much notice of it. The same static resistance to a Dynamic development is seen in many previous examples of other philosophies (such as Idealism) when they first appeared so this doesn’t worry me too much.
Obviously, if you could take up a post in philosophy department that would be a positive step forward in making the MOQ more recognised. On a less ambitious scale, and judging from your previous contributions (which, imo, have sharpened up a number of other peoples contributions) you could always write a paper for an academic journal or a paper for MOQ.org. Another route, as Mati Palm-Leis has recently taken, is to give a paper at an academic conference. See his report about his MOQ presentation at Penn State University in October, pasted below.
Unless, you know a TV documentary maker, David, that’s about all the ideas I have at the moment. Hope the above is some help, anyway.
Best wishes,
Anthony.
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I just returned from Penn State last night.
Overall the trip was a success. Though this was a small conference, (I
am guessing around 120 people.) I am also guessing that about half were
academic types. As to the presentation… it was extremely well received.
Everyone has requested a copy of the paper… One lady from Rowen College,
said it was "wonderful and fresh" and was so excited and was looking to
read LILA (She commented to her fellow professor "Maybe we should use it
(Lila) as a textbook in our course on ethics." I smiled. Another lady from
Illinois State, also came up to after the presentation also very
impressed. Overall my ego at the moment is greatly inflated.
But that is only half the good news. Aside from the presentation, I
managed to meet two key people. One was Dr. Ross Thomas from the
University of New England, who is the managing editor of Educational
Administrator Quarterly, I was able to have a private chat with him and
he seemed to be very interested in some of my ideas and agreed to review
the paper to give me some feedback. The second was Dr. Jerry Starratt
who has published several textbooks on "Ethics in leadership", he is
extremely well respected in the field. He also has agreed to read the
paper and as side note is currently working on a new textbook on the
philosophy in education.
Mati Palm-Leis
October 19th 2003
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