In reference to Pirsig's annotations, John said:
You gotta love the guy. Look at him dodge and weave! What a complicated
tour-de-force! ... Ok, so let's move on, with the realization that RMP is being
very cagey for some reason. ...You gotta give credit to the guy, he's
tap-dancing up a storm here. ... See what I mean? If that's not some fancy
dancin', I dunno what is. ... Ok, at this point I'd like to pause and ask a
question. How? How does the MoQ take both sides? ...So how can one take
"both sides" from an MoQ perspective, hmmm???
dmb says:
I think you have to remember that Pirsig comments were directed at Anthony
McWatt, who was working on his Ph.D. thesis at the time. His answers can be
very succinct because by then Ant had already spent a lot of time getting to
understand philosophy in general and the MOQ in particular. It's my impression
that it only seems like cagey tap-dancing to you because you haven't done that
kind of work. I'm saying your accusations of dodging and weaving are without
merit.
Would take a huge dose of humility to accept the proposition that Pirsig would
know which ideas the MOQ can and cannot go along with? I don't think that's too
much to ask.
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