Greetings,
This is certainly a worthy topic, especially since the Wikipedia article states
that it is a primary concern of Robert Pirsig. Perhaps the folks from the
LilaSquad could be invited back for a specified time period to open up this one
topic. Or not...
Marsha
p.s. Please note that the MoQ Textbook states that Idealism is a form of SOM.
2.2. SUBJECT-OBJECT METAPHYSICS
Pirsig uses the term ‘subject-object metaphysics’ (SOM) for any metaphysics
(explicitly or implicitly) that perceives reality as either mind and/or matter
such as idealism, materialism, and dualism. This recognition is not unique to
Pirsig as, for instance, the Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy also notes that
‘a subject-object dichotomy is acknowledged in most Western traditions’.
(McWatt, Anthony, 'MoQ Textbook', 2010)
Wikipedia:
The subject–object problem, a longstanding philosophical issue, is concerned
with the analysis of human experience, and arises from the premise that the
world consists of objects (entities) which are perceived or otherwise presumed
to exist as entities, by subjects (observers). This division of experience
results in questions regarding how subjects relate to objects. An important
sub-topic is the question of how our own mind relates to other minds, and how
to treat the "radical difference that holds between our access to our own
experience and our access to the experience of all other human beings", known
as the epistemological problem of other minds. The subject–object problem has
two primary aspects. First is the question of "what" is known. The field of
ontology deals with questions concerning what entities exist or can be said to
exist, and how such entities can be grouped, related within a hierarchy, and
subdivided according to similarities and differences. The second standpoint is
that of "how" does one know what one knows. The field of epistemology questions
what knowledge is, how it is acquired, and to what extent it is possible for a
given entity to be known. It includes both subjects and objects.
...
Other approaches:
Analytic philosophy discusses various aspects of the problem of subject and
object such as the mind body problem, first-person versus third-person
perspective and also issues of non-referential use of I presented by G. E. M.
Anscombe.
Robert M. Pirsig's philosophy of the Metaphysics of Quality is largely
concerned with the subject–object problem.
Sun Myung Moon's philosophy, Unification Thought, treats subject and object in
a way different from classical ideas of Hegel and Marx.
Philosopher Ken Wilber has written extensively on this, calling the omniscient
view (or subject–object distinction) the fundamental modernist paradigm, and
cataloging its effects on society, and in the way many subjects have been
compressed into a "flat" view by this perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject-object_problem
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