[MD] Decision

[Mary]

On Behalf Of craigerb at comcast.net
> An argument for SOL = Intellectual level:
> 1) The intellectual level is the manipulation of symbolic
> representations
> 2) Symbolic representation requires both something-represented &
> something-represented-to
> 3) Something-represented is an object
> 4) Something-represented-to is a subject
> 5) :. The intellectual level requires subjects & objects
> 

[Mary replies]

Exactly.

The Pirsig koan.  

To understand that the Intellectual Level is "thinking itself" as he has
said, requires a clear understanding of what "thinking itself" is - clearer
might be to say it requires an admission of what thinking itself is.  Once
you have made this realization, the next step would be to consider in what
ways this "thinking itself" differs from the thoughts of the Social Level.
What purposes of its own does it serve?

Best,
Mary