Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Metaphysics of randomness? Not on your life. A metaphysics of purpose would > be more like it. > > "Since a metaphysics is essentially a kind of dialectical definition and > since Quality is essentially outside definition, this means that a > 'Metaphysics of Quality' is essentially a contradiction in terms, a logical > absurdity.
But he created it anyway. > It would be almost like a mathematical definition of randomness. The more > you try to say what randomness is the less random it becomes. Or 'zero,' or > 'space' for that matter. Today these terms have almost nothing to do with > 'nothing.' 'Zero' and 'space' are complex relationships of 'somethingness." > - Lila, Chapter 5 Irrelevant to a metaphysics of purpose. > [Platt] > Unless and until you accept Pirsig's explanation of evolution, your version > of the MOQ is more than stripped down. It's naked as a Jaybird. > > [Krimel] > As long as you regard Pirsig as an authority on evolutionary theory you as > are going to continue to sound like the Jaybird's cousin, the > swallow-crested dimwit. I'll take his authority of yours any day. You just parrot conventional theory. ------------------------------------------------- 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/
