Bo said "DMB ...praises "Bob" but makes it a point not speaking about the MOQ only some Pragmatism...
dmb says:"The MOQ is a continuation of the mainstream of 20th century American philosophy. It is a form of pragmatism, of instrumentalism, which says the test of the true is the good." (last page of chapter 29) "James had chosen exactly the same words [static and dynamic] Phaedrus had used for the basic subdivision of the MOQ" (second to last page of chapter 29) "By this [radical empiricism] he [James] meant that subjects and objects are not the starting points of experience. Subjects and objects are secondary. They are concepts from something more fundamental which he described as 'the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories." (third to last page of chapter 29) My point? If Pirsig says the MOQ is a form of pragmatism and compares the MOQ to the thought of William James, then you have no good reason to complain about such comparisons Quite the opposite. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 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/
