Hi Marsha, I'm always a little sensitive and defensive about the lack mainly because of my self-consciousness of the fact. I've become comfortable and settled in focusing my efforts on studying American intellectual traditions because, to make a dent in the business, you have to marshal quite a bit of energy.
I promise you this, though--should I ever have the opportunity to write a book on Pirsig (tentatively titled, "Robert Pirsig and the Pragmatist Tradition of Philosophy and Literature: Theory, Narrative, and the Scene of Life"), one important avenue of research will be the explosion of interest in Eastern intellectual traditions during the 50s through 70s. I'll never understand enough Sanskrit, Hindi, Chinese, or Japanese to make a scholar of the East, but the _use_ (and misuse) to which Westerners have thought to put these importations, that's something I can get my head around a little easier. Matt > Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:32:16 -0400 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Common Sense > > > Greetings Matt, > > It was a fine paper, very interesting. I always > get something meaningful from your posts, and > wish there were more of them. Sorry for my > whining, it is just with RMP having spent so many > years in India it seems important to investigate > that influence, but of course you're a busy guy. > > > Marsha > > > > > At 10:20 AM 5/14/2009, you wrote: > > >Hi Marsha, > > > >You're right, but my only continued excuse is > >that I don't know too much about Eastern > >intellectual traditions. I keep hoping others > >develop those angles, a division of labor if you > >will, so I could learn something. I just don't > >have the background to be able to say anything > >interesting, at least things I'd be comfortable in saying. > > > >I don't know--if you wait until you know everything, you'll say nothing. > > > >And it's not like I have anything against > >Eastern traditions, like my slights are > >purposeful. I develop Western connections because it's what I know how to > >do. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 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/
