[MD] Philosophy and Philosophology

[John Carl]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:11 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
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>
> As for the "zen archer", the only "funny" thing is how Platt misinterprets
> this
> remark. But hey, who would expect more? (Other than evil commie perfessers,
> of
> course)...
>

I guess humor is just one of those things that some people see and others
don't quite get.  A very personal sort of rhetorical attribute.

You can't fault Platt for villifying academia; it is a running thread
through ZAMM and the evolution of the MoQ, after all.

And in Pirsig's words (Intro to Lila's Child)  the mouth of the man himself
...

" But If dissenters didn't exist we would have to invent them because no set
of philosophic ideas is worth much until it is tested by dialectical
opposition."