Hi Joe, My interpretation of your post below based on your definitions: Mark
On Jun 20, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Joseph Maurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 6/20/11 12:08 PM, "Matt Kundert" <[email protected]> wrote: > <snip> >> Matt said: >> The trouble with Pirsig's metaphysical strategy, in specific relationship >> to the multifarious free will debate, is that his explanatory strategy is >> to treat Value as a primitive: you treat it as the only given, and explain >> everything else from that first step. That strategy is very successful on >> a number of fronts, but not in explaining what value is, or how it works. >> How could it? You've already been asked to cede its equipment as a >> given for explaining everything else. This is why Quality can remain, >> explanatorily speaking, undefined. > <snip> > > Hi Matt and all, > > In trying to arrive at the primitive concept, I suggest that "existence" has > more explicative possibilities for evolution than "value". Value has the > baggage of identity, hence is subject to intellectual logic. In emotional > parlance value is a defined non starter. Existence on the other hand is > open to everything knowable, even evolution. DQ comes in the flavors of > evolution in existence. > Mark: Existence explains the segmentation into levels. Value carries identity with it. In DQ parlance, Value is defined as a nonstarter because of identity. Existence is open to the appearance of levels. Emotions come in the flavors > A quibble about words. > > Joe > > > 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
