Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As William James once (supposedly) said: "A great many people think they are > thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." > > Platt commented June 12th: > > Equally true of philosophers, scientists and political commentators. All > marshal > their arguments to support their premises, as indeed you did in your MOQ > thesis. > > Ant McWatt replies: > > No, I don't think so. This sounds just like more post-modernist pluralism > (a.k.a. bullshit?) to me. If this is the case, why did _you_ think that > Pirsig has a better grasp of reality than other philosophers? > It wouldn't be because he "marshalled" better and more well thought out > "arguments to support" his "premises" by any chance?
He marshaled good arguments as do many, but it was his initial premise or "prejudice" that that I found "grasping reality" better -- that reality is Quality. > In another post, in response to the "post-modernist charge", Platt then > quoted from LILA, Chapter 8: > > "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." > > Ant McWatt comments: > > This painting illustration is an analogy and not to be taken literally. Oh? Is Pirsig's assertion that truth is a high quality intellectual pattern not to be taken literally, too? Best regards, 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/
