[MD] Intellectual Level

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Marsha again]
"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)  

[Arlo]
I see nothing here at all about language "implicitly suggest[ing] a
subject-object metaphysical underpinning". (Nor do I see anything about
"grammar rules").

Instead, its just as I've said from the beginning. "SOM" is a very particular
metaphysical orientation regarding the primacy of subjects and objects (such as
"idealism, materialism, and dualism").