Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [Platt] > > > > Perhaps the rationale is that the MOQ defines > > emotions as more biological > > > > than social or intellectual. "The MOQ sees > > emotions as a biological responses > > > > to quality and not the same thing as quality." > > (Note 141, Lila's Child) > > > > "From the earliest philosophical speculations to the > > present day, emotion has been > > often seen as interfering with rationality, as a > > remnant of our pre-sapient > > inheritance - emotions seems to represent unbridled > > human nature 'in the raw.'" > > > > --from "The Oxford Companion to The Mind > > > > Lots of theories about the source and mechanisms of > > human emotions, but I would > > guess Pirsig is going along with them as remnants > > "of our pre-sapient inheritance" > > and thus primarily biological. In other words, our > > responses to quality are > > visceral rather than intellectual, aesthetic rather > > than rational. That's my > > interpretation anyway. > > > > Regards, > > Platt > > Platt, I don't see where your getting "...our > responses to quality are visceral rather than > intellectual, aesthetic rather than ratiionl."
"Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions." (Lila, 5) > Even > in what you quoted above Pirsig is stating emotion is > biological, and emotion is not intellectual or social, > but nowhere do I see where Pirsig is LIMITING quality > to an emotional response. Unless your just simply > classifying that "our [emotional] responses..." are > not intellectual and thus, not rational. Our sense of value (Quality) is basically rooted in the inorganic and biological levels (Even a worm knows it's better here) but is influenced by static patterns of culture and intellect as we mature. Still, the reactions are emotional rather than intellectual since they occur "prior to intellectual abstractions." That's my interpretation anyway. Do you see it otherwise? Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
