[MD] A World of Objects

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

Bo
> > On 31 Mar 2008 at 19:37, Dan Glover wrote:> > > I think the MOQ defines culture as social and intellectual patterns of> > value (see LILA'S CHILD).> > The MOQ does not define culture as anything but part of > intellect's Culture/Nature dichotomy, one of that level's many S/O > distinctions (aggregates)> > If however we step down from the MOQ to intellect, "culture" > indicates a secondary reality that has established itself on top of > the primary natural world ... so says the objectivist (objective > over subjective) The subjectivists on the other hand says that it's > the other way round: The human culture is what has created > "nature". The finer points here I omit, but the "subjective over > objective" attitude is clear. > > > [Dan]> > I'm sorry Joe but I totally disagree with this. There is no 'MOQ> > meta-level' in Robert Pirsig's MOQ. I think you're straying into Bo's> > SOL here. That has very little to do with the MOQ proper, imo, of> > course.> > Phew! The 5th. level issue again. The MOQ as a "meta-level" is > not understood. I'll try again: Where do you find Newton's Physics > within Newton's Physics? Nowhere, yet it is the meta-platform > from where all who subscribe to Newton's Physics stands. This is > exactly MOQ's position, not that I think it will help much though.> > The problem stems from the assertion that the MOQ is an > intellectual pattern. The fact that this makes DQ a static pattern is > countered by the assertion that the MOQ is just a metaphysics > about a Quality beyond all theorizing. The fact that the initial > Quality=Reality axiom is part of the MOQ and thus nullified is > swept under the carpet. Even by Pirsig who in annotation 102 in > LC says: 
Ah, yes, I would have to agree with this, it seems quite clear. an about this finger pointing to the moon stuff that you commented on before, I think I have to agree again. This is a metaphysical system. it incorporates everything. Else it has failed. 
> Except in the case of DQ, what is observed always > involves an interaction with ideas ... etc > > Who does he believe will swallow this? It's the Quality=Reality > postulate in a different form and nothing in this world can prove > or disprove it, while a lot speaks for the Dynamic/Static split as > better than the Subject/Object one. I have sympathy with Pirsig's > many efforts to demonstrate that value is the groundstuff, but it is > a postulate and part and parcel of MOQ's DQ/SQ. Pirsig's > denouncing the MOQ has paralysed it. 
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Ah, and another thing - anything that isn't clearly originated from the social, biological or inorganic level must be of the intellectual level, right? So, if a thought arises, and it in no way is an expression for social or biological values, musn't it be intellectual? I know, it sounds overly-simplistic, and I'm counting on you to problematize it, but, well. enough for now.
 
 
Regards
 
Chris
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