On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:18 PM, MarshaV wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:12 PM, david buchanan wrote: > >> >> Horse said to Marsha: >> I think Pirsig is using the term 'fiction' here in the same way that one >> would use the term 'illusion'. An illusion is real enough in that we don't >> have to see it as something that doesn't exist - it just doesn't exist in >> the way we think it does. The 'I' is illusory, not fictitious. Big >> difference. >> >> dmb says: >> Right, Marsha is reading the rejection of the Cartesian conception of self >> as a rejection of ANY conception of the self. > > Marsha: > I did not even use the word rejection. Both self and static patterns of > value are illusions, but they are useful.
Marsha: And in the quote it was RMP that used the word fiction, as does Anthony in the Textbook by using the term 'useful fictions.' ___ 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
