Hello dmb (and Bo),
[dmb] > > The second essay is titled "A World of Pure Experience". In this > essay > > James says that the subject and object are secondary, are concepts > > derived from something more primary, which he calls "pure experience" > > or "the immediate flux of life". Pirsig equates this immediate flux > > with DQ or the primary empirical reality, as described in both ZAMM > and > > Lila. > [Mary Replies] There is a difference between what you describe here as James' version of DQ and Pirsig's. Pirsig's philosophy is built on the idea of the 4 levels each valuing different things and a DQ with an emphasis on the "Q" from which these values spring. Pirsig's DQ is not random and amorphous. It has direction and value at its core. James' does not. That being the case, What does the Intellectual Level value? If you contend it to be thinking itself, then what does thinking itself value that differs from the values of the other levels, and what value does James bring to the conversation? Best, Mary 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
