John, nice paper, Bo should read it. What are your thoughts about Summers work? my static filter is having me agree with most everything it addresses....which either verifies my own beliefs or blinds me to any others.. -Ron
----- Original Message ---- From: John Carl <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:11:33 PM Subject: Re: [MD] ZMM Law http://robertpirsig.org/Pragmatism.htm BA dissertation by Dean Summers and I was just browsing through and caught my eye. Sorry I didn't quote it properly. I felt a twinge at the time, especially concerning the subject matter at hand of quality in text! John On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Rebecca Temmer <[email protected]>wrote: > Who are you quoting at the top there? > ~R > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "Regarding Pirsig we will be necessarily reductionist, considering only > the > > essentially philosophical aspects of his texts and ignoring all other > > aspects." > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > "Those first teachers of the Western world were teaching Quality, and the > > medium they had chosen was that of rhetoric. He (Pirsig) has been doing > it > > right all along. (Pirsig, 1974, 381)" > > > > "On the text side, we have to consider what it is that texts can do (and, > > of > > course, how they can do it better). I don’t think that the future is in > > blogs and their reductionist tendencies but in efforts to develop > > principles > > and analyses that illuminate, guide and direct." > > > > Read more: > > > > > http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/28/zen-and-the-art-of-legal-research-and-texts/#ixzz0MadfvnKh > > < > > > http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/28/zen-and-the-art-of-legal-research-and-texts/#ixzz0MadfvnKh > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Rebecca Temmer < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/28/zen-and-the-art-of-legal-research-and-texts/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "The martyrs go hand in hand into the area; they are crucified alone." > > > Huxley. > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > "The martyrs go hand in hand into the area; they are crucified alone." > Huxley. > 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/ > 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/ 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/
