[MD] The Word is Not the Thing

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 15 Sep 2009 at 20:06, craigerb at comcast.net wrote:

> 
> [ platt] 
> > The MOQ is an SOM document based on SOM reasoning. 
> 
> [Pirsig, LC 132n.] 
> > [The MoQ] employs SOM reasoning 
> 
> I think both Platt & Pirsig are importantly wrong here & Arlo right. 
> IMHO we should restrict the phrase "SOM reasoning" to cases 
> where the S/O division is taken as fundamental. 
> In the MoQ this is obviously not the case.  As Pirsig says elsewhere, 
> SOM is subsumed by the MoQ. 

Can you point to where Pirsig says SOM is subsumed by the MOQ?
Thanks. 

Platt