Hello Steve, On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Steven Peterson wrote:
> > Pirsig's intellect--the manipulations of symbols--does not require us > to attach any ontological significance to the symbols as subjective > stuff and material stuff. To the MOQer, the symbols don't refer to any > kind of "stuff." The symbols are patterns of value, and they stand for > more patterns of value. There is no "stuff" to speak of except as a > sort of pattern of value. It is patterns all the way down. > If this is true, it becomes the net-of-jewels, or like the water analogy: if all is water, or analogy, there would be no distinction discernible as a boundary. Intellectual patterns create false boundaries, giving the illusion of independence, or 'thingness'. Marsha ___ 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/md/archives.html
