On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:11 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > 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. > > Mark replies: > I am all for a messy process. Take the best from both sides. I find that science practiced at the frontiers is very messy, lots of egos and such. nobody sure who's got the real answer. > > > > 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 > 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
