Ron said to Dan:
This part has me confused about how Pirsigs Ideas about the expansion of reason
fits together with this interpretation. The only time we are truly free is when
one over comes intellectual stuckness. To say that true freedom is freedom from
static patterns of value is only speaking about intellectual patterns to be
sure. And I'm not quite sure this squares with the idea of the expansion of
reason.
dmb says:
The expansion of reason is basically adding a feel for the work, like when the
motorcycle mechanic becomes one with the task. He or she understands the
rational relationship between all the parts, has a feel for the tools and even
acts as a motorcycle scientist test hypotheses and hunches along the way but he
or she also has an artist's feel for the work and he or she cares enough to get
so deeply absorbed and engaged in the task that he or she is lost in it and
becomes one with the bike.
There was an article about this in the Huffington post earlier this year. It
connects peak experience or "flow" experiences to Pirsig's deeply engaged
motorcycle mechanic.
As James so simply and succinctly puts it, the best philosophies and the best
philosophers will bring ALL their faculties to bear, not just logical and
rational thinking. You gotta have that, but it's not enough.
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