Re: MD Taking the Quality out of the Metaphysics of Quality.

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 15:52:49 BST


Hi Dave Moller:

Your post of 12 October is a gem. Thanks for taking the time and
trouble to post it. A couple of questions that go to heart of your thesis:

1. If reality doesn't innately have quality, why and how did the static
patterns of the evolution process arise?

2. The same question as 1. but expressed differently. How do you
answer Pirsig's questions, "Why do the fittest survive? Why does any
life survive?" (11)

Seems to me there are three possible answers. The religious answer--
it was God; the scientific answer--it was an accident; the MOQ answer--
it was good.

Of course there's always the fourth answer which may be the best--I
don't know and don't care. But I assume you are not among the group
to whom that answer appeals. (-:

Platt
  

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