[MD] Julian Baggini Interview with Pirsig

[Erin]

What is that quote from?
   
  Erin

Matt Kundert <pirsigaffliction at hotmail.com> wrote:
  The room went quiet, as faces slowly became puzzled, concerned, angry or 
red, and the room turned his direction and slowly backed away in a billowy 
circumference.

"Alright," he said, turning about warily and eyeing them with a cagey edge, 
"so apparently I'll be playing the role of _Julien_...."


>From: ian glendinning 

>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: [MD] Julian Baggini Interview with Pirsig
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:26:18 +0000
>
>Hi MoQ'ers,
>
>You should be aware of this if you are not already.
>http://www.philosophersnet.com/magazine/article.php?id=980
>
>As Julian Baggini's title "Zen and the Art of Dialogue" alludes -
>there was really a breakdown in communication and they were talking
>past each other (via e-mail)
>
>However Julian summarises
>"I think both books reveal an author of exceptional intelligence and
>insight," I wrote. "However, I do feel that in seeking to build an
>all-encompassing system to connect all these insights, we end up with
>a whole which is less than the sum of its parts. Perhaps this does
>little more than reflect the extent to which my own thinking has been
>affected (or infected) with the anti-metaphysical bias of recent
>Anglo-American philosophy. But I don't think it is just that. I think
>rather that it connects to the above point about philosophology. You
>have not allowed yourself to be constrained by other philosophers,
>which has given you the benefit of more freedom and more originality.
>But constraints also provide checks and balances, and without them, I
>fear you've constructed a system on foundations that are not up to the
>job of supporting it."
>
>"The foundations are okay, in fact they are rock-solid, but we never
>got to discuss them," Bob replied.
>
>Interesting reading (the entire transcript notice as well as the article).
>Ian

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