dmb said to John:
Pirsig is talking about the experience of actual people. Royce is talking about
something "not ourselves". The incompatibility of these two ideas is obvious,
don't you think?
Platt chimed in:
Not if you consider the view of David Darling in his book, "Soul Search,"
Chapter 9: ... Interesting? I think so.
dmb says:
It's interesting but it's not relevant. Darling is not talking about the
Royce's Absolute or Pirsig's Quality. He's into the search for
extraterrestrials and stuff so I'm a bit skeptical. You know, he's a guest on
coast to coast, a late night radio show about alien abductions and government
conspiracies. His book might be drawing on philosophers but he's weaving it
into something that a bit too new age for me.
Although I do like the idea the consciousness is a natural feature of reality
from top to bottom and all the way through. I think this is consistent with the
Pirsigian idea that physical laws describe an extremely persistent pattern of
preferences.
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