Hey Matt and y'all:
Apparently I'm going to have to work harder if I want to find
disagreements with you these days. Darn!
I was a bit surprized to learn that James saw absolute idealism as a
worthy option and second only to his own view. This reminds me of
Pirsig's annotations of Copleston in which the MOQ is compared to the
British version of Hegelian idealism. You may recall that there is
definately some agreement and yet we can see Pirsig get irritated at
certain points, namely when he sees attempts to sneak god in through the
back door. (I'm reading James in one class and Hegel in another and so
its been fun to watch James critically engage absolute idealism in his
essays.)
[Ron]
I find it interesting that James claimed that it was only when he was
under the influence of nitrous oxide that he was able to
understand Hegel. I 've been reading does consciousness exist? and
associated essays along with Pragmatism and it astounds
me how close to Pirsig his concepts are. I brim with jealosy over the
courses you are taking. I'd love to read your paper when
you're finished.
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