[WillBlake] As I stated earlier, we are not our thoughts. [Arlo] Then what are we? What else besides "our thoughts"?
[WillBlake] I believe that Arlo is speaking about the Ego, which, as he states, comes from the reflection of oneself in others, in the external. [Arlo] Ego? Not in the least. I am saying that "self" and "other" are concepts born of social activity. The "I" is a symbolic locus of organization. To recognize "self" and "other" as intentional agents requires social symbolic mediation. That is Pirsig's hierarchy. As I said, you could argue against Pirsig, as you seem to be doing, proposing an "inorganic-biological-intellectual" MOQ, with "social" playing some sort of contextual role or outright interfering. 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/
