[MD] Intellectual Level

[MarshaV]

dmb,

I felt the need to tighten up my definition with "object of analysis" which 
I like better. 

Your pronouncements concerning the MoQ I do not take as anything 
other than your opinion. 

My interpretation doesn't work for you.  That's fine. That you want to 
label my point-of-view anti-intellectual just makes me laugh.  

But thanks, I do think the phrase 'object of analysis' is more effective, 
and I owe that change all to you.


Marsha






On Sep 6, 2010, at 11:47 AM, david buchanan wrote:

> 
> Why would you thank me? If I had any influence on your revision this definition would make a lot more sense to me. As I see it, you have defined the intellectual level so that Pirsig's solution is thrown out the window and the problem is re-established. You've confused the disease for the cure, thereby construing the MOQ as an anti-intellectual form of the metaphysics it opposes. It's hard to imagine how a person could be more mistaken.
> 
>> 
>> Thanks to dmb I have slightly revised my definition:
>> 
>> Intellectual Static Patterns of Value are reified concepts and the rules 
>> for their rational analysis and manipulation.  Intellectual patterns process 
>> from a subject/object conceptual framework creating false boundaries 
>> that give the illusion of independence as a “thing” or as an “object of 
>> analysis.”  The fourth level is a formalized subject/object level (SOM), 
>> where the paramount demand is for rational, objective knowledge, 
>> which is free from the taint of any subjectivity.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Marsha



 
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