Jon B, Philosophy 101 - Know Thyself. You say Pirsig fails at this task. I'd like to know how you reach that conclusion. He wrote a whole book objectifying himself as Phaedrus, analyzing his motivations and premises and reaching a conclusion that overthrows his own metaphysical basis.
What more can a guy do? John C. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Jon Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Sometimes philosophers don't understand the implications, or even the core > assumptions of their own ideas. This is very common in the history of > philosophy, with one philosopher decrying the way he is grouped or > classified, or the uses made of their philosophy. > > Sometimes they are right. Sometime they don't see the larger trend that > they > are a part of, or the fuller implications or the erroneuous assumptions of > their thought. This, I believe, is the case with with Pirsig. > > Be Sweet, 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
