Hi dmb, Thanks for that, I agree. mark On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Ron (on Wed, Nov 3) to dmb: > I'm not quite sure I understand the resistance to the idea of linking the > terms "betterness" with "value" and "Quality" some have. > > Andre: > Hi Ron, I just wanted to check with you whether this referred to something > I said about the difference between Quality and value as I hinted at as > Anthony describes in his PhD? > > > > dmb says: > If Pirsig's books had an index the term "quality" would have about 400 > entries. And that doesn't even include synonyms like "betterness", "values". > "morals" or the "good". There are species and kinds within the static realm > and Dynamic Quality shows up when you're sitting on a hot stove or achieving > enlightenment. These distinctions matter and yet reality is nothing but > quality. The logic chopping we do around it is never really going to nail > anything down. The secondary conceptualizations are good only to the extent > that they work as concepts, to the extent that they can be grasped and used > for some purpose. And hopefully that purpose is maintaining or improving the > quality of life somehow. > > You guys know that. I'm just saying "keep your eye on the ball". Or, as > Emerson says, man should not be subdued by his instruments. You know, let us > not be a slave to our own tools. Words and ideas are just tools. If Ant > makes a distinction between Quality and value, I strongly suspect the > interesting part would be the "why" and the "what for". > > > 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
