[MD] In Defence of Bo

[Ian Glendinning]

Yes Platt, but that's recursion between objects at the same level,
same category, objects - a problem for anyone. (Though in fact when
you come across it, you should suspect a category error with at least
one of the objects you're talking about, before believing the logic.)

Not a problem when one of the "objects" is a metaphysics, or in the
"whacko" case tat Pirsig quotes, a problem because man and science are
being treated like objects ... the very problem he was fixing by
considering a better metaphysics.

Ian

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Ian Glendinning <ian.glendinning at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Joining up dots between:
>>
>> (Agreeing with Arlo that) the bogey-man of recursion in a metaphysics
>> including its own definition is a non-problem for an enlightened mind.
>>
>
> [Pirsig]
>
> You can't have Box "A" contain within itself Box "B," which in turn contains
> Box "A." That's whacko. Yet here's a "science" which contains "man" which
> contains "science" which contains "man" which contains "science"—on and on.
> (Lila, 4)
>
> Recursion seems to be a problem for Pirsig.
>
> Regards,
>
> Platt
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