[MD] Pirsig's revenge

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[C raig, previously] 
> Galen Strawson--who gave a less-than-favorable review of Lila --is speaking 
> this month at the local junior University. 
> http://www.moq.org/forum/Strawson/strawson.html 
> Does anyone have a devastating critique or clever retort 
> that I can bring up in the question & answer period?    




[Magnus] 
> [Strawson] kept claiming that SOM is a "straw man, a position held by no one". 


[Ron] 
> Strawson is a relativist. So a metaphysics of value, one that states reality is composed 
> of morals is a very frightening, threatening concept to even entertain. 

[Dave T] 
> What are your [Strawson's] thoughts about universals? 

Strawson's talk is entitled 'Radical Self-Awareness'.  Perhaps the best strategy 
is to point out where he & Pirsig agree.  Philosophers rarely dismiss anyone 
who agrees with them. 
Craig 

[Dave T] 
> I'm sure we could arm you with something that would make you look like a 
> fool 

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt." 

(Abraham Lincoln) 

"I'm Ringo and I play the drums."   

"I'm  Paul and I play the bass." 
"I'm George and I play the guitar." 
"I'm John and I too play the guitar. 

Sometimes I play the fool." 
(The Beatles) 



Craig