Ron to Bodvar: therefore 2+2=4 is based on abstract symbols that have no corresponding experience. It is an abstraction based on the concept of a whole entity.
whether animals are capable of this sort of conceptualization is debatable since this is what Pirsig describes as defining the human intellectual level "the manipulation of abstract symbols with have no corresponding experience" Andre: You say it so much clearer Ron and it nicely ties in with Pirsig's definition of the intellectual level which I omitted to mention. Cheers Andre 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/
