[MD] What is SOM?

[Steve Peterson]

Hi Peter,

>
> Pirsig's MoQ has the secondary split of static quality into mind  
> and matter.
> A later split of Pirsig's was to divide mind into intellectual and  
> social
> ideas.
> One of those intellectual ideas was the evil and mighty SOM.
> SOM is concerned with the split of reality into mind and matter.
> Contradiction: mind and matter is the result of Pirsig's beautiful  
> secondary
> split in the MoQ.
>


I think what's missing here is the evolutionary relationship between  
the static levels. The progression isn't to split DQ/SQ then Mind/ 
matter then mind into social and intellectual. After DQ/SQ he splits  
sq into an evolutionary hierarchy that starts with inorganic to  
biological to social to intellectual. Then he looks back and sees  
that mind/matter still fits pretty nicely in this scheme.


> No answer from Steve yet.

Can you repeat the question.

Regards,
Steve