[MD] Does Quality really exist?

[Khaled Alkotob]

Pirsig's point is that even the blank wall has it's quality

Is it well built?
Is it level and square?
Does it have good foundation?
And so on. 

So even the blank wall has its quality. In fact because it's a simpler
form, it's quality would be more universal than a piece of art whose
quality hinges on culture, space and time.



Khaled





On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:24:58 EST Redsky235 at aol.com writes:
> In ZMM, Pirsig uses realism to "prove" that Quality exists.   
> Regardless or 
> not if you subscribe to that theory, the line of logic he uses  
> seems somewhat 
> questionable.  In claiming to remove "Quality" from the  world, he 
> isn't 
> removing Quality per se, but rather removing differences between  
> objects.  By 
> removing the distinction between fine art and a blank wall, he  
> isn't removing a 
> definitive aesthetic judgment, but rather our ability to  perceive a 
> difference 
> between two scenarios.
> 
>