At 08:36 PM 6/23/2007, you wrote: >Hi Marsha, > > > This is interesting. I was thinking of the knowledge held in > > prehistoric times of the medicinal use of herbs, bark, roots, etc. > > when I presented the question. I have read the letter to Paul, and I > > understand the difference made by Pirsig between the Intellectual and > > Social Level. But it never dawned on me that the MOQ would change > > the meaning of the word 'knowledge' in philosophy itself. > >I don't think the MOQ changes the meaning of words as written in the >dictionary.
I'll have to think about this. > > That seems > > strange. What do you think the new word would be for the _stuff_ > > held in ones mind concerning medicinal herbs in my example above? I > > understand that the Intellectual Level represents _abstract_ thinking? > >I remember seeing a documentary on monkeys who used something they >found in the wild to rub themselves with it and thus repelling >mosquito bites. Monkeys, being on the social level have no ability >for abstract thought. In the same documentary they would try all >sorts of different things to open a chestnut. A lucky few had >developed a technique to crack open the chestnut with a stone. But >this technique was made all by trial and error. The same is true of >the mosquito bite repellent. If you watch them, they just try a whole >bunch of different things until something works, no thought necessary. Zen >Marsha also wrote: > > > I might add if the answer to the second question is that you 'know' > > something from experience, things again get might confusing. > >I don't see any contradiction here. There is something strange in trying to know about knowing. The question is, does epistemology change within the MOQ? Does the definition of 'knowing' change? I just thought your limiting knowledge to the Intellectual level was interesting. Marsha 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/
