Hi Krimel, On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Krimel <[email protected]> wrote: >> [Krimel] >> I don't think there is a "THE MOQ" of even a "Pirsig's MoQ". First because >> of the way Pirsig words things. The MoQ says... The MoQ asserts that... >> Sometimes the way he phrases it, it is possible that even he doesn't >> necessarily agree with it. > > [Steve] > Pirsig has stated the Metaphysics of Quality is a placeholder for the > philosphical system created by Robert M Pirsig. > > >From the Baggini interview: > PIRSIG: The alternative to "The Metaphysics of Quality says," would be > "I, Robert Pirsig, says," and that repeated many times sounds worse to > me. > > [Krimel] > Then I return to Barthes argument that Pirsig's works speak for themselves > and whatever he says about them now, has no more authority than what you or > I or Bo says.
Steve: You've referenced an argument that someone has made, but you haven't supplied the argument. Can you explain? I'm not sure that it will apply to an author's philosophical system as well as to a work of fiction. I think the problem here is that "his works" that speak for themselves include whatever he has said about his previous work. For example, "his works" include his responses in the Baggini interview and his comments in Lila's Child, don't they? It would seem very strange to me to suggest that what Pirsig, the creator of the Metaphysics of Quality, says he means by "the Metaphysics of Quality" is irrelevant to the Metaphysics of Quality. Best, Steve 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/
