Marsha, What exactly are you trying to learn here? Could you be more specific?
Mark On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:10 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi dmb, > > On Nov 20, 2011, at 5:16 PM, david buchanan wrote: > >> >> Marsha: >>> For the sake of "taking words seriously' please present an exact >>> definition of 'relativism' as you are using it. >>> >>> >>> dmb answered in a nutshell: >>> Relativism is the view that truth is relative to the culture or the >>> individual, that there is no way to say that one truth is better than >>> another. >>> >>> >>> Marsha: >>> By the way, dmb, your definition is begging the question, as it assumes the >>> answer to the question being posed: that there is no way to say that one >>> truth is better than another. >> >> >> >> dmb says: >> Huh? If the question asks for my definition how can my definition beg the >> question? And how do you figure that an explicitly stated position could >> count as an assumption? Your objections are pure nonsense. As usual. >> >> I gave you the definition you asked for and I showed you exactly how and >> where Pirsig uses the word in a way that fits that definition. Since the >> issue is whether or not Pirsig is a relativist, what could be more relevant >> and appropriate? If that's not good enough for you, then you're just not a >> reasonable person. Maybe you should ask somebody else. Five minutes with you >> is way more than plenty. > > > Marsha: > When your premise is contained in the primary definition, that is 'begging > the question'. Would you cite the source of your definition? > > > > Marsha > > ___ > > > 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
