Lucy (Marsha) said to dmb:
I have a copy of your thesis, but I haven't read it because the bibliography is
90% related to James with practically nothing devoted to Buddhism.
dmb says:
You have a copy? Where did you get it? I sure hope you paid for it.
And why would you object to the bibliography? The point of the thesis is to
prove Pirsig's claim that the MOQ is a form of James's pragmatism and radical
empiricism. This common point of view adds up to philosophical mysticism, with
Buddhism only serving as an example of this non-theistic mysticism. "I
conclude by making a case that James and Pirsig are offering an empirically
based form of philosophical mysticism that is comparable to a non-theistic
religion like Buddhism." I also wanted to show that one could, in fact, assert
mysticism in an academic situation. Apparently, I got away with it.
> > dmb says:
> >
> > 1) There are only two people who've received a copy of my thesis, Pirsig
> > and McWatt. Since McWatt says he hasn't read it and Pirsig doesn't
> > participate in this forum, I wonder why you've posed the question here and
> > addressed it to "one and all".
> >
> > 2) Since successfully defending one's thesis is the most important
> > requirement for graduating and I did graduate, doesn't your question fly in
> > the face of common sense? As is the case with every student, each of the
> > thesis committee members had to read my thesis, grill me about it in person
> > and then decide whether or not I get to graduate. If a student fails to
> > make a convincing case for their thesis statement, they don't get a
> > diploma, not even those who earned perfect scores up to that point.
> >
> > 3) I don't believe that your question is sincere and if you were given an
> > answer you'd just find a way to mock it or dismiss it. I believe you have
> > no interest in any answer to your question and no capacity to understand it
> > even if you were sincere. If you really wanted to know about the
> > connections between pragmatic empiricism and Buddhism, I guess it would
> > only be fitting to go take a look for yourself.
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