Re: MD The narrator

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Thu Oct 02 2003 - 19:15:38 BST

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    Matt

    I don't think that "scientific" is a banned word as long as we recognise
    its limitations to absolute claims, I almost think that Pirsig is ironically
    using the language of the opposition with respect to a non-SOM
    perspective, of course, that's a messy thing to do.

    Regards
    DM
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    From: "MATTHEW PAUL KUNDERT" <mpkundert@students.wisc.edu>
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    Subject: Re: MD The narrator

    > David,
    >
    > Just can't swallow it. If Pirsig meant longevity, why would he say
    "absolute" and "scientific". Why would he use the language of objectivity,
    the language of SOM, if he was trying to get rid of it? It seems to me
    that, particularly in this passage, that he's trying to co-opt the
    objectivity of SOM and say that we can be just as objective about morals as
    we can about rocks.
    >
    > Matt
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