Mark said:
So, in the context of skilled interpreters, what is the mechanism by which MOQ
is crystalizing and growing? Certainly there should be boundaries or rules of
engagement which encompass the direction, like the DNA of a seed defines
direction for the shape of the tree. Such boundaries may be provided by the
original manuscript or seed. ... When does speculation on MOQ fall outside
these boundaries and become not fit to use that label? I know these things are
probably posted, and being the rebel I am I have not taken the time to read
them. What role does the forum, generously maintained by Horse, play in this?
dmb says:
There is no official interpretation or arbiter. In the larger context, the MOQ
will grow and crystalize (or not) just like any other idea. As a practical
matter, this means getting Pirsig's ideas into circulation. I don't know if
I've ever been in a bookstore that didn't have a copy of Zen and the Art.
Millions of copies in several languages and on the book shelves for nearly
forty years now. Thanks to McWatt's dissertation (and Granger's too) the
circulation of Pirsig's ideas in the academic world is officially under way.
And that's important too. It only makes sense that metaphysics should circulate
among professional philosophers. Then some intellectual version of survival of
the fittest takes over and the good ideas get a lot of attention. It's a messy
process and nobody can predict what will win or why but it just so happens that
pragmatism is getting a lot of attention these days. It seems like things are
now ripe for the MOQ. I mean "now" in the historical sense, not t
his Thursday afternoon. The pluralism and the east-west fusion and the
perennialism all seem right as our tiny planet gets even smaller.
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