[MD] What is SOM?

[Steven Peterson]

hi Craig,

 
On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 11:40AM, <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
>[Pirsig, courtesy Steve]
>"A conventional subject-object metaphysics uses the same four static
>patterns as the Metaphysics of Quality, dividing them into two groups  
>of two: inorganic-biological patterns called "matter," and social- 
>intellectual patterns called "mind."...Everything has got to be object or
>subject, substance or non-substance, because that's the primary  
>division of the universe.  Inorganic-biological patterns are composed  
>of "substance," and are therefore "objective."  Social-intellectual  
>patterns are not composed of "substance" and are therefore called  
>"subjective."

Craig:
>Is the mind/matter distinction the same as the subjective/objective?
>Or are the distinctions the same within MOQ but not within SOM? 

I think mind/matter ammounts to the same as subject/object.


>[Pirsig, via Steve again]
>"So what the Metaphysics of Quality concludes is that all schools are  
>right on the mind-matter question.  Mind is contained in static  
>inorganic patterns.  Matter is contained in static intellectual  
>patterns."
>
>This has always seemed a slip of the tongue to me.  Does anyone else think so?

I'm not sure what you mean.

Reagrds,
Steve