[MD] Intellectual Level

[MarshaV]

On Dec 30, 2010, at 4:34 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [Marsha]
> Nowhere did I explicitly state that language was SOM.  It does, though,
> implicitly suggest a subject-object metaphysical underpinning.  
> 
> [Arlo]
> No. It does not. Language has nothing to do inherently with "SOM". SOM is very
> particular metaphysical position that understands the primary division of the
> world to be "subjects" and "objects". 
> 
> What you are doing, again, is confusing the "subjects" and "objects" of
> language with a subject-object metaphysics.
> 


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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