[Bodvar] The "THE" issue is artificial, we all know that it is our respective opinions we express, but can't put IMOs and IMHOs in front of - or after - each sentence.
[Arlo] If the "THE" issue is "artificial", perhaps you can answer this now... What is wrong with saying this? "A metaphysics of Quality that holds intellect to SOM is 'better' than A metaphysics of Quality in which SOM is one of many intellectual patterns." And why do you INSIST on saying this? "THE metaphysics of Quality holds intellect to SOM"? It does no such thing. YOU do. Do you not see the former is a valid comparative argument, and the latter is merely a grab for interpretive legitimacy? [Bo] Again thanks Mary, but also thanks to Arlo, this was a "fair" approach to the issue. [Arlo] If you prefer the phrase "reconstruction" to "critical revision", you'll get no argument from me. But, again, you are not tearing down and reconstructing one edifice that stands "out there", your reconstruction stands alongside Pirsig's construction, and you can validly point out what structures you share, and what structures you do not share. 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
