Re: MD Self-consciousness

From: MATTHEW PAUL KUNDERT (mpkundert@students.wisc.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 09 2003 - 21:23:43 GMT

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Scott,

Scott said:
I would say that "a web of beliefs and desires" amounts to "all SQ", which is to say, I don't see any significant difference between Pirsig's view and Rorty's (other than that Pirsig would say the web can be transcended). Would you agree?

Matt:
I absolutely agree that Pirsig and Rorty's view of the self is pretty nigh well the same. I do still want to maintain, though, that Rorty (won't speak for Dennett) has a hole left for something like DQ, this being Rorty's use of the literal/metaphorical distinction. Metaphor is where I find the space for "transcendence". I attempted a while back to make it more plausible by making Rorty's "poet" look like a "mystic," which you can actually see Rorty doing as far back as his '74 essay "Overcoming the Tradition: Heidegger and Dewey".

Matt

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