Ah, so you have read the book. :-) Thanks Andre, for the clarifications. John
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:47 AM, Andre Broersen <[email protected]>wrote: > John to Andre: > > > Many things cannot be defined, and yet they can be known. > > Andre: > Hi John, you have no argument with me about this at all. Perhaps my > 'wording' was a bit awkward when I answered Joe regarding this issue on May > 19: > > > "Joe: > Undefined does not mean unknown. > > Andre: > True Joe, but I would prefer perhaps the expression; experienced but not > defined. At some level you 'know' but it is impossible to assign any > intellectual process to it that would 'capture' it. Any concepts or > representation...other than by analogy... and that even leaves much to be > desired." > > John: > > Known however can refer to things that we can't define, but yet we realize > in some nebulous way. You must admit this, or Pirsig's key point - you > can't define Quality but you can know it- is just completely ridiculous. > > Andre: > As above John. It was not my intention to challenge this. I completely > agree with you...and Pirsig of course. > > > > > 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
