David, If indeed emotions are a response to quality as you quote as an important statement, then you are creating two categories, one which is quality and one which is not (unless you are using this quote within a different context). Where do you see the separating line for these two categories? Both DQ and sq contain the word quality. What lies outside of that?
Joe, is using the undefinability of emotions, not their static representations with words or concepts. That would be just plain silly, for an emotion is not a word or a concept, it comes way before that. Words are only used to "explain" an emotion, they are NOT THE emotion. There is nothing static about the emotion itself, it comes before the static. We cannot understand such a thing since it is not definable. One should read what Joe is saying, not what one is interpreting. Your question comes from a projection of your making. This is, of course, the problem with words. They are always incomplete, and can be misleading, such as the way you interpret Pirsig's quote. Mark On 3/2/12, David Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joseph, >> DQ is a metaphysical term, indefinable in levels in existence, evolution. >> DQ is not non-existent. Behavior follows existence DQ/SQ. Emotions are DQ. >> >> > > This is contrary to what Pirsig has claimed: > > "As I understand it the term “emotivism” is a way of reducing all value to > biology, thus making it a part of the SOM universe. The MOQ sees emotions as > a biological response to quality and not the same thing as quality. There > are many cases, particularly in economic activity where values occur without > any emotion." - LC > > Why do you see value in reducing the MOQ to an emotional response? > > Furthermore, why do you see value in defining the undefinable DQ as > 'emotions'? > > -David. > > 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
