[Craig, previously] > Pirsig says the choice of description is scientifically > irrelevant. So it doesn't follow that if it's not > scientifically one, then it's the other.
[Krimel] > But it does make a difference and a very big one. To say that iron filing > "prefer" proximity to magnet makes them causal agents. > To make this work you > have to strip the word "preference" of a host of connotated meanings. But it's always thus. When your 5th grade teacher told you iron filings are "attracted" to magnets, did you look across the aisle at that cute red-haired girl & say "No way! They can't have the feelings I do." Pirsig is investigating what it is to be a "causal agent". His view is that it differs by levels. Craig 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
