Hi Krimel, What I meant by satisfying is that you "feel" it is right. If you change your mind, that feeling chooses another thing for its satisfaction.
When you say you will die, do you mean your body, or the total you? Seems a little depressing especially since we do not know the answer. I guess it is the difference between an optimist and a pessimist. Cheers, Mark [Mark] I may be wrong, but I believe Pirsig would answer the question of "why survive?" by saying "because those are the demands of Quality" I think the point of philosophizing on this kind of thing is because science does not provide an answer which is satisfying to the individual. The quest is therefore for the intellectual creation of a system which is outside the realms of current science. One that satisfies the intellect in other ways. [Krimel] I don't think that "satisfaction" is a criterion for truth. It is a happy coincidence when knowledge makes us happy but I fear that often it is just a sign that we are on the wrong path. I think it is true that I will die one day but I don't find that terribly satisfying. If all you want is beliefs that make you happy why not drop the pretext and take up painting? Science may not be the only path to truth or knowledge but I do think that other paths are in many ways subservient to science. One can't seriously advance a philosophy that claims that the earth is only 10,000 years old. Although that is the position advanced by the ICR and taught to students at private Christian schools. I for one think inflicting these ideas on children is a form of child abuse. 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/
