[MD] "RMP: Ignoramous or fraud?

[david]

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

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robertpirsig.org : A Process Analysis of Quality<http://robertpirsig.org/SneddonThesis.html>
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a process analysis of quality: a.n. whitehead and r. pirsig on existence and value . by. andrew sneddon




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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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