[MD] to all who get it

[Ian Glendinning]

John, Gav,

john said:
> But gav, how are you gonna stop philosophers from
> arguing?  It's what we do.
>  What is Philosophy without argument?

gav said:
> i disagree.

I agree with Gav.
Two things wrong with what you say John.

(1) Thinking of anything as a question of one group "stopping" another
doing something is a scary concept to start with.

(2) Pirsgian philosophy is a philosophy of living. Individuals doing
valuable things. Argument is only ever a part of it, never the point
of it. One tool in the intellectual toolkit as gavin says.

When all you have in your toolkit is a hammer, all problems look like nails.

Regards
Ian

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:43 PM, gav <gav_gc at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> hello,
>
>>  [gav]
>>
>> look i think we all know by now that some are on this list
>> to share and
>> > learn, and some are here to argue; this list is, for
>> them, the chance to
>> > argue with pirsig.
>> >
>> > but this list is not about arguing with pirsig; it is
>> not about arguing
>> > with anyone.
>
> john:
>> But gav, how are you gonna stop philosophers from
>> arguing?  It's what we do.
>>  What is Philosophy without argument?
>
> gav:
> i disagree.