David, So... Pirsig would fit well with Whitehead except that Whitehead isn't anti-theistic enough?
For my part, I'd rather see RMP aligned with a prominent and accepted philosopher, but hey, thats just me. On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 9:15 AM, david <[email protected]> wrote: > Putting the slanderous nonsense aside, there's a Masters Thesis (written > more than 20 years ago) that compares Pirsig to Whitehead and even though > the author (Andrew Sneddon) has some regrets about this comparison and > about his fondness for Whitehead, there are lots of interesting > similarities. They both reject the metaphysics of substance and they both > fit into "process philosophy". But fitting Whitehead's theism into the MOQ > is problematic, to say the least. I guess most participant already know > this. > > http://robertpirsig.org/SneddonThesis.html > > [http://robertpirsig.org/MOQ20Shop20April202011.jpg]<ht > tp://robertpirsig.org/SneddonThesis.html> > > robertpirsig.org : A Process Analysis of Quality<http://robertpirsig. > org/SneddonThesis.html> > robertpirsig.org > a process analysis of quality: a.n. whitehead and r. pirsig on existence > and value . by. andrew sneddon > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Moq_Discuss <[email protected]> on behalf of > Andre Broersen <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MD] "RMP: Ignoramous or fraud? > > John: > So "ignoramous" non-perjorativel then, but the fact is, he DID at least > read some AN Whitehead. Quotes him > from reading his book on history of philosophy, in the bowels of the > troopship. > > dmb: > And speaking of fraudulent ignoramuses, nobody around here will be > surprised if John has tried to slander Pirsig or if has dishonestly tried > to smuggle in a theistic view. Again. It's like a hobby, I guess. Trolls > will be trolls. > > Andre: > And not only that but John bases the slander on false claims he invents > himself. Phaedrus did not read A.N. Whitehead at all in the bowels of the > troopship! He was reading F.S.C. Northrop ' The Meeting of East and West". > A simple reference to page 117 of ZMM will suffice (Corgi edition). > 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 Online - MOQ_Discuss<http://moq.org/md/archives.html> > moq.org > Robert M. Pirsig's MoQ deals with the fundamentals of existence and > provides a more coherent system for understanding reality than our current > paradigms allow > > > 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 > -- "finite players play within boundaries. Infinite players play *with* boundaries." 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
