> "If 1) chemistry professors exercise choice, and 2) chemistry professors > are > composed exclusively of atoms, then it follows that 3) atoms must exercise > choice too." (Pirsig, "Lila", Chap. 12) > > Pirsig's position is that chemistry professors ARE NOT composed > exclusively > of atoms. Atoms are not alive, don't have tenure & don't know > chemistry. > The MoQ levels address this issue.
2) is the claim of SOM science. You are correct. Pirsig uses the syllogism to show where SOM collapses. 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/
