[MD] Royce's Absolute, conclusion

[david buchanan]

dmb said to John:
Pirsig is talking about the experience of actual people. Royce is talking about something "not ourselves". The incompatibility of these two ideas is obvious, don't you think?

Platt chimed in:
Not if you consider the view of David Darling in his book, "Soul Search," Chapter 9: ... Interesting? I think so.



dmb says:

It's interesting but it's not relevant. Darling is not talking about the Royce's Absolute or Pirsig's Quality. He's into the search for extraterrestrials and stuff so I'm a bit skeptical. You know, he's a guest on coast to coast, a late night radio show about alien abductions and government conspiracies. His book might be drawing on philosophers but he's weaving it into something that a bit too new age for me. 

Although I do like the idea the consciousness is a natural feature of reality from top to bottom and all the way through. I think this is consistent with the Pirsigian idea that physical laws describe an extremely persistent pattern of preferences. 



 		 	   		  
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