[MD] Core problemS

[MarshaV]

At 09:05 AM 8/28/2008, you wrote:



>Krimel submits:
>"This classification of patterns is not very original, but the
>Metaphysics of Quality allows an assertion about them that is unusual.
>It says they are not continuous. They are discreet. They have very
>little to do with one another. Although each higher level is built on a
>lower one it is not an extension of that lower level. Quite the
>contrary. The higher level can often be seen to be in opposition to the
>lower level, dominating it, controlling it where possible for its own
>purposes."
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>Is: present tense of the verb "to be."
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>Ron:
>All I can counter with is what Pirsig wrote to Paul Turner which
>seems to be the most consistent with his theories.
>" When getting into a definition of the intellectual level much clarity
>can be gained by recognizing a parallel with the lower levels. Just as
>every biological pattern is also inorganic, but not all inorganic
>patterns are biological; and just as every social level is also
>biological, although not all biological patterns are social; so every
>intellectual pattern is social although not all social patterns are
>intellectual."
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>Ron:
>Core problem,  any insights? a consensus would be interesting.
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Ron,

Ooops!  I accidently deleted your post, but...

RMP has defined the levels as discrete, not continuous, not 
both.  Where did your use of the word 'continuous' come from?

Marsha



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