[MD] perceptions

[Ant McWatt]

Ant McWatt comments:

Doesn't Pirsig qualify the quote that Marsha has used below by saying that DQ is "unknowable" in the sense of there being a KNOWER and a KNOWN?  i.e. he's warning the reader not to end-up in some kind of SOM metaphysical trap by them trying to define DQ.

Anyway, I found Joe's clarification between the definitions of "indefinable" and "unknowable" helpful here,

Best wishes,

Ant 


Joe Maurer said to Marsha, April 3rd 2013:

> Hi MarshaV and All,
> 
> I have no sense of what you mean by "unknowable" DQ?  Unknowable is not the
> same as indefinable in DQ (indefinable) SQ (definable) metaphysics.
> "Unknowable" means a barrier to the contact of the faculty for knowledge.
> Indefinable accepts a direct contact in consciousness without language.
> "What was that?"  DQ!
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> On 4/2/13 5:31 PM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
> > DQ is "indivisible, undefinable & unknowable"; the term 'indivisible' pointing
> > to monism, non-dualistic: indeterminate.  
> 



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