On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [Craig] > I still think "experience is reality" is too glib, out of context. > Better would be: > 7') . Experience doesn't need a system of relations to be real. It is > already real. > > Ron: > An excellent list Craig, I would say experience doesn't need a system of > relations to be real but it does require a system of relations to be > understood. (hot stove). > > Hi Ron: Pirsig says reality doesn't require a system of relations to be understood.
"Quality doesn't have to be defined. You understand it without definition, ahead of definition. Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions." (Lila, 5) Probably just a difference between you and Pirsig about the meaning of "understand." 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/
