Hi Craig, On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [Steve] >> Dynamic Quality is what gets you off the hot stove before you ever _decide_ >> to >> get off the hot stove...This is THE paradigmatic example >> Pirsig uses to show what it means to follow DQ. I submit that this is >> what we ought to think about in unpacking "to the extent that one >> follows dynamic quality...one's behavior is free."
Craig: > Back to my earlier example: > Suppose we raise an infant in a controlled laboratory environment, where > there are > surfaces of various temperature. The infant will naturally recoil from > surfaces that > are too cold or too hot. Suppose that when the infant comes in contact with > surfaces > in the range of 70-72 degrees F, that we immediately apply an electric shock. > Eventually the infant will automatically recoil from surfaces in the 70-72 > degree F > range to avoid the electric shock it has learned will follow. This is a > paradigmatic > example of CONDITIONED behavior. Steve: I agree, but I'm not sure what your point is or how it relates free will. 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
