Hi Ham and all, In SOM, only substance exists. Quality is the first accident modifying substance and only has existence in a substance. In SOM evolution is meaningless.
I observe evolution when Pirsig rightly observed that existence is not unique in an individual, but that there are levels in existence DQ/SQ in an individual. Quality is a noun. How can we know the undefined exists, so that we envision the adjective "Quality" morph into the the noun "Quality"? An answer is evolution, "levels in existence". An epistemology in which only "Substance" exists is not metaphysical. Emotions exist differently than the substance of SOM in being indefinable. Metaphysics is DQ/SQ reality, two different levels of nouns defined, undefined. This enables further evolution and a clearer metaphysics for reality. The Sun exists differently than I do, and supports life quite beyond my futile endeavors, the solar system. On 4/25/11 11:58 PM, "Ham Priday" <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > Unfortunately, by doing away with subjects and objects, Pirsig had no choice > but to posit Quality as an undefined entity unto itself. This not only runs > counter to epistemology, it renders the MoQ incomprehensible to anyone with > a logical mind. > > With sincere apologies to all Pirsig loyalists, > --Ham 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
