[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[ian glendinning]

Err no Platt, nice try ...

That is not what Pirsig is on about here.
The first division he is talking about here is whether to go for DQ /
SQ of the MoQ or for the traditional S/O choice. This division
dominates, not every little (seemingly) binary choice in the SOMist
world.

Duck / Not-Duck is not part of his metaphysical classification, but
part of a SOMist ontolgy.

Ian

On 1/19/07, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:
>
> > Platt,
> >
> > Saying "duck" is shorthand for "walks like a duck, quacks like a duck" is fine.
> > Saying, "and that's all there is to it", is a highly "anti-intellectual" stance.
>
> True, but it's a start. Intellect, like everything else, has to begin somewhere.
> Like Pirsig said, "In any hierarchy of metaphysical classification the most
> important division is the first one, for this division dominates everything
> beneath it." (Lila, 9) In this case, duck or not duck, design or not design. Then
> you set about showing why your beginning division is likely true or not.
>
>
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