[MD] Intellectual Level

[MarshaV]

On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:06 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [Marsha]
> Just to be clear...  
> 
> [Pirsig]
> A subject-object metaphysics is in fact a metaphysics in which the first
> division of Quality - the first slice of undivided experience  is into
> subjects and objects. ... What he had seen is that there is a metaphysical box
> that sits above these two boxes, Quality itself. And once he'd seen this he
> also saw a huge number of ways in which Quality can be divided. Subjects and
> objects are just one of the ways. (LILA)
> 
> [Arlo]
> Its clear that "SOM", as Pirsig explains it, is not simply the "subjects" and
> "objects" of grammar, but a very particular metaphysical position about the
> primary division of reality.

Marsha:
Pirsig uses the term ‘subject-object metaphysics’ (SOM) for any metaphysics (explicitly or implicitly) that perceives reality as either mind and/or matter such as idealism, materialism, and dualism. "
   (MoQ Textbook)  


 
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