[MD] Intellectual and Social

[Steven Peterson]

Hi John,

> For the following, I do like Steve's formulation mostly.  I think he's
> missing key pieces tho. He leaves out the social/emotional matrix, for one:
>
> mechanistic cause and effect occur at the inorganic
> Actions occur at the biological,
> Emotions occur at the social
> Thoughts occur at the intellectual.


Accoring to Pirsig, the MOQ puts emotions at the biological level:
"The MOQ sees emotions as a biological response to quality and not the same
thing as quality. There are many cases, particularly in economic activity
where values occur without any emotion." Note 141, Lila's Child


The feeling of fear, for example, can be a biological response to
biological threats that does not depend on any social patterns.

I see emotions as the "carbon atom" of the biological level that
provides the versatility to allow for the emergence of social
patterns.

Best,
Steve