[MD] "RMP: Ignoramous or fraud?

[John Carl]

David,

So... Pirsig would fit well with Whitehead except that  Whitehead isn't
anti-theistic enough?

For my part, I'd rather see RMP aligned with a prominent and accepted
philosopher, but hey, thats just me.



On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 9:15 AM, david <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Putting the slanderous nonsense aside, there's a Masters Thesis (written
> more than 20 years ago) that compares Pirsig to Whitehead and even though
> the author (Andrew Sneddon) has some regrets about this comparison and
> about his fondness for Whitehead, there are lots of interesting
> similarities. They both reject the metaphysics of substance and they both
> fit into "process philosophy". But fitting Whitehead's theism into the MOQ
> is problematic, to say the least. I guess most participant already know
> this.
>
> http://robertpirsig.org/SneddonThesis.html
>
> [http://robertpirsig.org/MOQ20Shop20April202011.jpg]<ht
> tp://robertpirsig.org/SneddonThesis.html>
>
> robertpirsig.org : A Process Analysis of Quality<http://robertpirsig.
> org/SneddonThesis.html>
> robertpirsig.org
> a process analysis of quality: a.n. whitehead and r. pirsig on existence
> and value . by. andrew sneddon
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
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> Andre Broersen <andrebroersen at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 8:47 AM
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> Subject: [MD] "RMP: Ignoramous or fraud?
>
> John:
> So "ignoramous" non-perjorativel then, but the fact is, he DID at least
> read some AN Whitehead.  Quotes him
> from reading his book on history of philosophy, in the bowels of the
> troopship.
>
> dmb:
> And speaking of fraudulent ignoramuses, nobody around here will be
> surprised if John has tried to slander Pirsig or if has dishonestly tried
> to smuggle in a theistic view. Again. It's like a hobby, I guess. Trolls
> will be trolls.
>
> Andre:
> And not only that but John bases the slander on false claims he invents
> himself. Phaedrus did not read A.N. Whitehead at all in the bowels of the
> troopship! He was reading F.S.C. Northrop ' The Meeting of East and West".
> A simple reference to page 117 of ZMM will suffice (Corgi edition).
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