Hi Marsha, > >[Marsha] > > > I agree with you, but what would the Science Inquisitor say? > > > >My guess is that she would say what Pirsig believed she would say, > namely: > > > >"The first are the philosophers of science, most particularly the group > >known as logical positivists, who say that only the natural sciences > can > >legitimately investigate the nature of reality, and that metaphysics is > >simply a collection of unprovable assertions that are unnecessary to > the > >scientific observation of reality. For a true understanding of reality, > >metaphysics is too 'mystical.'" > > Greetings Platt, > > Dogma by any other name. The Science Inquisitor defends dogma as did > Heinrich Kramer persecute in the name of religious doctrine. "It's > Science, therefore it must be closer to Truth". Baloney! And there > are some here who seem to yield too quickly.
No doubt about it. Dogma is an apt word to describe the intellectual trance Pirsig identified as SOM. Further, there's a cultural immune system that protects dogma from "deviants" -- like anyone who dares question scientific Truth. 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/
