Ooops. Forgot to include the link. If you want to see the article, it's at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-p-hickey-phd/flow-experiences-happiness_b_811682.html
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 07:22:05 -0600 > Subject: Re: [MD] freewill > > > 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. > > > 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
