[MD] Sneddon Thesis

[Dan Glover]

All internal references should be found in the bibliography.

>From: "ian glendinning" <psybertron at gmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: [MD] Sneddon Thesis
>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:08:24 -0600
>
>Looks good Ant.
>
>One question, for you or maybe Dan ? ... is it just me, or is it
>because the presentation is incomplete, but the abbreviated internal
>references to titles of reference works seem unresolved ... PR, AI,
>1984, SYM, to name a few ?
>
>Regards
>Ian
>
>On 12/8/06, Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > Just to let you know,
> >
> > Part One of Andrew Sneddon's excellent MA thesis relating the MOQ to the
> > process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead is now available via the
> > following link:
> >
> > www.robertpirsig.org/SneddonThesis.htm
> >
> >
> > As well as the Pirsig's new Observer interview in full at:
> >
> > www.robertpirsig.org/Observer%20Interview.htm
> >
> >
> > Many thanks to Andrew Sneddon and Tim Adams for permission to use their
> > respective material as well as to Dan Glover for his work in scanning a
> > hardcopy of Andrew's thesis.  (Its abstract is pasted below).
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Anthony.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > This thesis is divided into two portions. Part One is a sympathetic
> > exploration of the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Robert 
>Pirsig,
> > with special emphasis on theories of value. The basic outlines of the
> > Metaphysics of Process and the Metaphysics of Quality are presented in 
>the
> > first two chapters respectively. The third chapter is an examination of
> > points of fundamental agreement and difference between the two systems.
> > Chapter IV consists in the presentation of specific arguments 
>criticizing
> > traditional philosophico-scientific thought.
> >
> > Part Two is this writer's attempt at synthesizing a meaning of
> > 'value/quality' and a new value theory from the works of Pirsig and
> > Whitehead. The resultant system pays special attention to the balancing 
>of
> > tension between intensity of experience within individual value contexts 
>and
> > communal diversity of content of experience. Aesthetics is treated as an
> > examination of the texture of individual experience; art is seen as
> > deepening the harmonies and contrasts within a participant's value 
>context.
> > Ethics concerns the relations between contexts. Individuals are 
>responsible
> > firstly for their own intensity of experience; 'respect' characterizes
> > inter-contextual relations. The thesis concludes with a brief look at
> > Constructive Postmodern Philosophy.
> >
> >
> > .
> >
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