[MF] MOQ: valuable or not?

[Sam Norton]

Hi Kevin,

Eggsackly, that's the quote I had in mind. The kicker being 'until something 
better comes along'.

Ta
Sam
http://elizaphanian.blogspot.com/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Perez" <juan825diego at yahoo.com>
To: <moq_focus at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [MF] MOQ: valuable or not?


> Hello Sam,
>
>>> According to the Metaphysics of Quality, as I understand it, the
>>> Metaphysics of Quality exists for people who judge it to be valuable.
>>> It does not exist for people who find no value in it.  What I'd be
>>> interested in talking about is why some people find value in it and why
>>> some people don't.
>>
>> Doesn't Pirsig argue that it is the 'highest quality explanation
>> available'? I'm not sure he'd run with the idea that its existence is
>> dependent on whether it is seen as being of value or not.
>
> Based on the following (Lila, p. 99) I'd say he would.
>
>     [...] if Quality or excellence is seen as the ultimate reality then it
>     becomes possible for more than one set of truths to exist. Then one
>     doesn't seek the absolute "Truth." One seeks instead the highest
>     quality intellectual explanation of things with the knowledge that if the
>     past is any guide to the future this explanation must be taken
>     provisionally; as useful until something better comes along.
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
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