On Sep 3, 2012, at 1:13 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> QUOTES FROM PIRSIG that I take as evidence for the claim that static patterns
> are a necessary ingredient for dynamic freedom and the art of rationality. I
> take this as evidence against relativism ..., which has infected a few
> MOQers."
Marsha:
Speaking of being relative, try this:
Anthony writes:
“Intellectual values include truth, justice, freedom, democracy and, trial by
jury. It’s worth noting that the MOQ follows a pragmatic notion of truth so
truth is seen as relative in his system while Quality is seen as absolute. In
consequence, the truth is defined as the highest quality intellectual
explanation at a given time.
RMP:
If the past is any guide to the future this explanation must be taken
provisionally; as useful until something better comes along. One can then
examine intellectual realities the same way he examines paintings of in an art
gallery, not with an effort to find out which one is the ‘real’ painting, but
simply to enjoy and keep those that are of value. There are many sets of
intellectual reality in existence and we can perceive some to have more quality
than others, but that we do so is, in part, the result our history and current
patterns of values. (Pirsig, 1991, p.103)”
(McWatt, Anthony, 'MOQ Textbook')
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