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On May 28, 2013, at 1:02 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Warwoman sez to Dmb: > The automobile, the airplane and the bicycle do not translate into a > legitimate replacement for 'a static intellectual pattern'. The automobile, > the airplane and the bicycle represent a straw man argument: > > Ron sez: > Does this make the automobile one exclusive singular automobile? x-man, RMP's statement also uses 'a static intellectual pattern'. That's 'a', not 'the'. That's 'a static intellectual pattern'. As '_a_ static intellectual pattern' it may include all intellectual references to the philosophical pursuit of truth including all philosophical theories of truth. As I wrote to dmb: I posted two RMP quotes (statements made by Mr. Pirsig) where he uses the singular form of the verb 'to be' pertaining to 'truth'. Read the post. I made no additional points, but merely posted RMP's words. Read RMP's words. I doubt that he had a lapse in using the rules of grammar. Read the words slowing. There is no reason to accuse me of anything. Please note he also does not use 'static intellectual patterns', but used 'a static intellectual pattern'; that is also the singular usage. His words. RMP's words, not mine. If it conflicts with your Pirsig/James interpretation, it's not my problem. - Read the quotes. If these quotes conflict with dmb's interpretation of his Pirsig/James interpretation, that is not my problem. Marsha On May 27, 2013, at 3:42 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > To bring this back to the subject: > > "Truth is a [singular] static intellectual pattern [singular] within a > larger entity called Quality. James had tried to make his pragmatism popular > by getting it elected on the coattails of practicality. He was always eager > to use such expressions as 'cash-value,' and 'results,' and 'profits,' in > order to make pragmatism intelligible to 'the man in the street,' but this > got James into hot water. Pragmatism was attacked by critics as an attempt to > prostitute truth to the values of the marketplace. James was furious with > this misunderstanding and he fought hard to correct the misinterpretation, > but he never really overcame the attack. > > "What Phaedrus saw was that the Metaphysics of Quality avoided this attack by > making it clear that the good to which truth is [singular] subordinate is > intellectual and Dynamic Quality ..." > > (RMP, 'LILA', Chapter 28) > > --- > > "The MOQ does not turn its back on the empiricist belief that the more we > analyse, the closer we approach to truth. Truth is [singular] the highest > quality static intellectual pattern [singular] and analysis has shown over > and over again historically that it improves the quality of intellectual > patterns." > > (RMP, 'Copleston Annotations') > > --- > > is [verb] > > 1. 3rd person singular present indicative of be. > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/is?s=t 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
