[MD] Knowledge as MOQ's intellect

[Steven Peterson]

 Hi Platt,

Pirsig said the MOQ is an intellectual pattern and therefore part of the fourth level and he never described a fifth level.
I agree with him. I can't see the MOQ as part of a fifth level because a fifth level would have to be categorically different from the fourth in the way that a living being is different from an inanimate object or a city is different from a living being or an essay is different from a city. I don't see this sort of difference in kind between the MOQ and some version of SOM. They are both still philosophies.

Reagrds,
Steve



On Monday, December 10, 2007, at 05:53AM, <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
>Quoting Steven Peterson <stevenkpeterson at mac.com>:
>
>>  Hi Platt and Bo,
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>> Are you two saying that the 4th level is SOM? If so, is the OQ a fifth level?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Steve
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>Hi Steve,
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>I can't speak for Bo but I think the 4th level is SOM. The MOQ stands at the
>lower end of the 5th or art level because values are closely associated with 
>aesthetics. To reflect that association, I think Pirsig chose the art form of
>the novel to present his metaphysics. 
>
>IMO,
>Platt
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