Ant, On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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!
Thank you, Anthony. Great to see that you are expanding the reach of your work. From my own experience there is a lot of interest out there in the furthering of Robert Pirsig's work. Sales of Lila's Child have been consistent over the years but I have noticed a swing to the e-version which in my opinion is easier to navigate and which I priced at $9.95. I think you've picked a good price range for your books too. All the best with your new endeavor! Dan http://www.danglover.com > > 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 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
