Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [Platt] > > Equally true of philosophers, scientists and political commentators. All > > marshal their arguments to support their premises, as indeed you did in > > your MOQ thesis. > > > > [Krimel] > > Wow, talk about extreme postmodernism. All truth is relative and there are > > no criteria for judging. Curiously in your case this sounds like progress. > > After all you need to get there to get beyond it. > > Postmodernism or Pirsig? "One can then examine intellectual realities the > same way he examines paintings in an art gallery, not to find which one is > the "real" painting, but simply to enjoy and keep those that are of value. > There are many sets of intellectual reality in existence and we can perceive > some to have more quality than others, but that we do so is, in part, the > result of our history and current patterns of values." > > Your got a problem with that? > > [Krimel] > Not especially but I have a problem with shallow literal interpretations and > quoting Pirsig like he is scripture.
Shallow? Nice insult, but how so? > Are you saying that even in aesthetics there are no criteria for > establishing relative value? Aren't you the one touting the superiority of > cave paintings and Mozart? What do you say is the criteria for establishing relative value in aesthetics? My criteria is what I see and hear. ------------------------------------------------- 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/
