Hi Chris ... Your "point" is indeed the point - to advance, to make progress - that's what pragmatists do - cash in on the talk.
Did this woman you love have a name, her company a reference / link ? The author of that book (Lou Marinoff) is male I believe ? My own opinion here will be contentious - making the distinction between philosophy and psychology is a moot point, if like me you see philosophy (and any kind of rationality) as "evolutionary psychology" - the highest evolved (and evolving) patterns of thinking. But I think the message you summarise is very valid. Ian On 3/6/08, Christoffer Ivarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday I listened to a very interesting lecture by a philosopher that had > opened her own business where she did, well, practical philosophy. The book > "Plato - not Prozac" was referred to, and some of you here on the forum > might know of it. Anyway, in short she offered to help people, with > philosophy, not therapy or psychology, but with classic philosophy - to > structure and evaluate their life. This woman was really quite remarkable, > because she was perhaps the greatest Champion of rationality that I have > ever met, honest to the bone about it all. I just flat out loved it. Her and > what she represented. Because even though I had to bite my tongue every time > that she with a look of disgust waved away "feeling arguments" and vague > impressions, I could so very clearly see the Value in what she was doing and > what she represented. She is in a very real way a soldier of rationality, > talking about, and promoting philosophy's part in society, as well as being > a part of that herself. She quite probably wouldn't call is such, but as I > see it, she is promoting that specific way of thinking that will provide a > base for the MOQ to stand on. And this, people, is Quality Teaching if ever > I saw it! > > Now, perhaps I have painted myself as a heretic.. But I know you are all > wiser then that, and this has of course been debated before, but I feel that > it is imperative that we don't let the MOQ become anti-rational and/or > anti-intellectual, because this is what is NEEDED for the MOQ to come forth. > We all could take the ideas of mr Pirsig to heart BECAUSE we were living in > a s/o rational world. Perhaps we all felt that there were something missing, > perhaps not, - perhaps we hated it, perhaps we didn't - but rationality we > knew of, no doubt. > > So. My long overdue point: See the value in the advancement of rationality, > because only on that base can the MOQ be built. > > Regards > > Chris > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
