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[Horse]

Hi Platt, Bo and others

So can you give me an instance of where Pirsig specifically equates 
reason with SOM.

Horse

Platt Holden wrote:
>> Hi Platt
>>
>> Just a minor point - why do equate reason (or "reason alone") with SOM. 
>> Surely reason is an intellectual POV and not a whole metaphysical
>> system.
>>
>> Horse
>>     
>
> Hi Horse,
>
> Bo has given a fine answer to your question. Here's another one.  From the 
> Wikipedia entry on "reason:"
>
> "Reasoning thought follows a chain of cause and effect, and the word 
> 'reason' can be a synonym for 'cause.' "
>
> >From Note 56, Lila's Child:
>
> "The word 'produced' implies that  Dynamic quality is a part of a cause and 
> effect system of the kind generated by scientific thinking.  But Dynamic 
> Quality cannot be part of any cause and effect system since all cause and 
> effect systems are static patterns."
>
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