[MD] James v. Dewey v. Pirsig w.r.t. "Free will"

[MarshaV]

On Sep 28, 2011, at 3:24 PM, david buchanan wrote:

> dmb quoted RMP
> "In the past our common universe of reason has been in the process of escaping, rejecting the romantic, irrational world of prehistoric man. It's been necessary since before the time of Socrates to reject the passions, the emotions, in order to free the rational mind for an understanding of nature's order which was as yet unknown. Now it's time to further an understanding of nature's order by reassimilating those passions which were originally fled from. The passions, the emotions, the affective domain of man's consciousness, are a part of nature's order too. The central part."  (ZAMM p. 294)

Marsha:
This statement was made long before the MoQ was developed.  I'm not sure how well it translates in the MoQ where emotions are labeled biological and intellectual patterns are situated two levels above.  While it seems important to have intellectual patterns understood as created from value, I'm not sure I want them afflicted with emotional bias.  




     
 
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