Hi Ron, > Platt: > I presume you invoke an Absolute Truth in asserting "There is no > Absolute Truth." > Of course, if true the statement is self-contradictory. If not, it is a > relative truth which may or may not be true, depending on your point of view > (or your culture if you are a postmodernist). Either way, the statement is > doubtful. > > Ron: > What you are pointing out Platt is how Objectivism simply can not > objectify > Subjective experience. Therefore "Truth" as we know it objectively, is > based in subjective belief. Which can not be objectively verified. > "Truth" > Therefore is a term like "Quality" it is neither subjective nor > objective > It is both. This is why Pirsig attempts to redefine distinctive > expression > And redefine the terms of truth finding by placing it in > pre-intellectual > Experience. "Truth" then is experience. Not an intellectual pattern.
Agree. Truth is a subset of Quality as is Goodness and Beauty. All are known instinctively prior to conception or intellectualization and thus fundamentally beyond definition. In other words, we often know something is true -- like we know something has value -- without being able to prove it or even tell why. Art is like that, delightful beyond words. Thanks for a most perceptive comment. Platt 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/
