3WD to Pachaderm
> in my veiw, in order for their to be change there has to be
> some identity of the thing to be changed: change must coexist with the
> stable identity, static for however fleeting a moment, of the thing
> changed.
Agreed, and I also left out the important relational concept of "action"
which you mentioned.
> At this stage it is enough to point out that there is more than one
> kind of truth, and that the second mystical kind is a crucial theme in
> Prisig's work, every bit as much center-stage as the pragmatic kind:
Agreed, to continue with the computer analogy IMO Pirsig's proposes
running the "application" (Radicial Empiricism+Pragmatism) on the
"operating system" Zen. While in their "class" they each maybe the
"best" programs available, the practical difficulties of getting all the
East to switch "applications" and all the West to switch "operating
systems" is not to be overlooked. Imagine 200 million Chinese with
placards saying "its Greek to me." circling an equal number of
Westerners bearing, "I'll show you where to point!" signs. Add to that
philosophers from a zillion different schools all proposing opposing
meanings of "point" and you get the picture.
3WD
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