Nice post Dan. Just to jump on the KINDLE bandwagon, I have just put for sale KINDLE versions of the "Pirsig PhD" and the "MOQ Textbook" at $12 and $8 respectively rather than the the exorbitant (or to be less polite, read "rip-off") price of $34.54!
Best wishes, Ant For more details see: http://robertpirsig.org/news.htm ---------------------------------------- On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:47 AM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote: > "I took it as a very positive sign when, in Feb. of 07 I was meeting with > Hilary and Ruth Anna Putnam about Hilary's forthcoming volume in the > Library of Living Philosophers, and gracious as he always is, Hilary asked > "what are *you* working on?" I said "a book on Royce," and his face lit up > as he said "I *love* Royce." > > Hilary Putnam, the defender of Realism, convert to the philosophies of > James and Dewey from the narrow straits of linguistic philosophy, > *loves*Royce? > > That can only be a good sign." > > from the Preface to *Time, Will and Purpose; Living Ideas from the > Philosophy of Josiah Royce* > by Randall Auxier Dan Glover responded (in detail): I had never heard of Randall Auxier so when you mentioned the name in a previous post I took the time to Google him and to read the review of his Time, Will and Purpose; Living Ideas from the Philosophy of Josiah Royce on Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/Time-Will-Purpose-Living-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B00GW5KU8O/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395214121&sr=1-1&keywords=Randall+Auxier] part of which I copied and pasted here: "It is valuable to consider the reasons underlying the demise of interest in Royce and its recent revival. Royce was known for his rationalism and philosophy of absolute idealism, both of which fell out of favor with the rise of scientific philosophy. Most philosophers, including Auxier, currently interested in Royce do not understand themselves as philosophical absolutists or rationalists. They do, however, have an interest in reviving a form of metaphysics in philosophy which analytic philosophy in their view cast aside to its detriment. Those interested in Royce tend to think both analytic philosophy and European existential philosophy have reached dead-ends, the former because of its exclusive focus on science and the latter for its subjectivity and lack of rigor. Thinkers interested in Royce tend to have a strong interest in religion. They also tend to emphasize the many pragmatic elements in Royce, as part of a broader philosophical revivial [sic] of interest in American pragmatism." Dan comments: Without reading the book (since it is $34.54 for the Kindle version) I see that there seems to be an apparent opposition between religion and science that I thought Robert Pirsig answered well in his writings. Rather than trying to bring back some vaguely veiled religious fundamentalism to combat the rise of science, isn't it better to incorporate science, religion, and art all under the scope of one umbrella? In addition, I would like to further explore if religion as Royce expounded upon can be studied without the seemingly inherent belief in theism, faith in a supernatural being giving rise to the universe as we know it. Dave Buchanan recently recommended the book Religion Without God by Ronald Dworkin which I think is highly apropos here and what's more it's only $10 for the Kindle... -------CUT------ . 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
