[MD] Philosophy as Biography

[Steven Peterson]

Hi all,

Looking back at my OP I can see that I wasn't clear about my
intentions and was perhaps misleading, so let me say explicitly that
am not opposing Pirsig's statement that his biography is a reason we
ought to care about his philosophy and think of his philosophy as
distinct from those who said similar things but had different
biographies. I just meant to raise the issue for discussion because I
was surprised by what he said when I first read it. Since then I have
heard Matt say things that seem to support Pirsig's view, so I wanted
to hear more.

Best,
Steve