[Mark to Marsha] I spent 6 years doing do doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) work, and was ordained by the powers that be at Oxford. I then spent years in internship. Does this make me a philosopher? Does this make me anything? I think not.
[Arlo] Maybe it's late. Maybe its the Bourbon. Maybe I'm going to regret this... Why does this not make you anything, Mark? Let's step back and say a degree in Art History doesn't make you a painter (or dancer, or poet, etc), but it still makes you something. I mean, if it didn't improve you, then what was the point? Have we really hit a point when 'knowledge', however defined, is a 'bad thing'?? Can you think, for example, of a single other 'profession' that actually champions 'never studied this'?... Do you want a surgeon who says "I never studied this 'heart' crap, but hey, I have certain beliefs about human nature an that makes me qualified to do this."?... See, this is part of this anti-intellectual agenda I don't understand... yes, there IS a difference between doing philosophy and reading about philosophy, between being an expert in Nietzsche and not knowing who Nietzsche was... and call that philosophy/philosophology, but do we really want to turn that into a championing of ignorance? Do you think Pirsig really meant by that that we should become dumber to become more enlightenend?... 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
