[MD] MOQ Levels

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Jorge,

Jorge:
 >   In case someone may ask whether it should be
>possible to put the four categories jointly on a
>common axis. I believe it is possible in principle but
>I have no idea how. Since the four MOQ levels include,
>according to Pirsig, all that 'there is' in the world,
>to propose such a common axis is the task of a
>Metaphysics. The Metaphysics of Quality  seems to
>provide an answer but I'd rather leave that to others
>more learned in MOQ than I am.   

Steve:
I think this project of putting the levels on a continuum is doomed from the start because the levels to my thinking are categorical rather than scalar.

I will offer a suggestion, however, for what a variable might be that applies to the evolutionary heirarchy as a whole: freedom/versatility. I'll try to find quotes supporting increasing freedom/versatility as describing the evolutionary process across levels.

Regards,
Steve