[MD] Step One

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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:11 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Mark said:
> So, in the context of skilled interpreters, what is the mechanism by which
> MOQ is crystalizing and growing?  Certainly there should be boundaries or
> rules of engagement which encompass the direction, like the DNA of a seed
> defines direction for the shape of the tree.  Such boundaries may be
> provided by the original manuscript or seed. ... When does speculation on
> MOQ fall outside these boundaries and become not fit to use that label?  I
> know these things are probably posted, and being the rebel I am I have not
> taken the time to read them.  What role does the forum, generously
> maintained by Horse, play in this?
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> dmb says:
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> There is no official interpretation or arbiter. In the larger context, the
> MOQ will grow and crystalize (or not) just like any other idea. As a
> practical matter, this means getting Pirsig's ideas into circulation. I
> don't know if I've ever been in a bookstore that didn't have a copy of Zen
> and the Art. Millions of copies in several languages and on the book shelves
> for nearly forty years now. Thanks to McWatt's dissertation (and Granger's
> too) the circulation of Pirsig's ideas in the academic world is officially
> under way. And that's important too. It only makes sense that metaphysics
> should circulate among professional philosophers. Then some intellectual
> version of survival of the fittest takes over and the good ideas get a lot
> of attention. It's a messy process and nobody can predict what will win or
> why but it just so happens that pragmatism is getting a lot of attention
> these days. It seems like things are now ripe for the MOQ. I mean "now" in
> the historical sense, not t
>  his Thursday afternoon. The pluralism and the east-west fusion and the
> perennialism all seem right as our tiny planet gets even smaller.
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> Mark replies:
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I am all for a messy process.  Take the best from both sides.   I find that
science practiced at the frontiers is very messy, lots of egos and such.
nobody sure who's got the real answer.

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