Mati said: ...the vast majority of dissertations are rooted in the SOM perspective, specifically in the world of objective truth. This is why methodologies are vital component of the work that we study. Much of what we know today, in our globalized world is based on the work predicated on SOM. This has had profound consequences both positive and negative. Since I had completed my doctorial work I found myself looking at ZAMM and LILA with a new appreciation. It is something easily overlook by those who have not had that experience. Pirsig was absolutely correct in noting that when he wanted to study the Indians that were so dear to him, that to approach it from a SOM perspective was totally inappropriate. I sincerely believe that if MOQ was accepted by some institution of higher learning as a metaphysical foundation and began to be used in research methodologies...
dmb says: Well, that's certainly what I hope for too. As luck would have, the master's program I'm doing now takes methodology very seriously and yet they practically demand that the students be creative about it. The interdisciplinary emphasis demands that one at least assemble some kind of blend. Its true that the MOQ is not one we can pull off the shelf quite yet, but I hope to patch one together for my own thesis. I also wonder if studying philosophy per se, rather than education, would make it easier to address SOM and specifically reject it at the start. I've found quite a bit of support for that move. That was my number one concern when I was getting started, but defeating SOM has become one of my lesser worries. I think Radical Empiricism is such that one can still rely on experience as data and one can use the pragmatic theory of truth without resorting to claims of objectivity. These would be among the things already available, already on the shelf, in terms of available meth ods. In fact, pragmatism is used as an example in the standard explanations that all students get. I met with the head of the department a few days ago and we talked a little about how philosophy is an art form and how a person's choice of methods is an artistic choice. As luck would have it, they are totally down with that idea. (Dr. McWatt put it to me like that once and I believed it immediately.) And if that's not enough to turn you green with envy, this University program is two miles from my house! Am I the luckiest amateur ever, or what? For whatever its worth, I don't think you should give up on this idea even though your Ph.d. is already safely earned. I mean, you're in a damn good position to help make those changes. You could help me, for example. ;-) But seriously, you've got the academic version of street credibility now. Maybe that should come first anyway. In any case, I don't hear any fat ladies singing. _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008 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/
