Hello everyone On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote: > [Dan] > BTW, I thought we were done with this SOM as intellect bullshit. Did you not > get Horse's memo? > > [Arlo] > The topic is up, my fault, as a derivative of my argumentation against the > idea > that "its all interpretation" (not a quote of anyone, a summation of ideas > expressed). I've been trying to keep it not about Bo's ideas in particular, > but > about the ideas of "interpretation" in general, and how the views about > "interpretation" expressed are those reflecting the very subjectivism Pirsig > had sought to overcome. > > And, I think broadly, several seem to suggest that evolution of ideas comes > from "reinterpreting" what someone has said, that Pirsig's ideas will have > more > strength if we subsequently reassess what he "meant to say", where I feel > strongly that ideas evolve first through clarity and then through agreement > and > disagreement, and finally into something new. > > Pirsig, for example, did not seek to "reinterpret" what Aristotle said, he > first sought to understand it, and then finding disagreement he formulated > something new. He did not make Aristotle a weak-interpreter of Aristotle, nor > did he claim Aristotle's disagreement with him only evidenced that Aristotle > was not an expert on Aristotle's ideas. Some seem to suggest that unless we > follow THAT path, a MOQ will not evolve. I suggest precisely the opposite. > > Please don't take this out on Mary, she has been the only one of the > "interpretation supporters" (if you will) to respond with civility and > substance.
Dan: Hey Arlo! Yes I have been following your posts with interest and have no disagreement with them. And no, I don't mean to "take this out on Mary." I am just tired of the same old argument (SOM = intellect) that she (not you) brings up. And she did mention my name. So I don't think I am out of line here. If I am though, I apologize. Thank you, Dan 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
