From: skutvik@online.no
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 06:11:49 BST
Sam, DMB & All
14 Sep. Sam wrote:
> Hi DMB,
> I think your concerns here say more about your own social hang ups
> than anything else. I've never made a secret of what I do - it's even
> on my bio on the website! (Where's yours? What's your social level
> quality? And if you don't think it's relevant - why is mine?)
> More to the point, I haven't often said 'I'm right because I'm
> ordained'. The times when I'm tempted to do that are when the
> discussions focus on what Christianity is - because there I do think I
> have a qualified perspective, and I think there is an awful lot of
> ignorant prejudice being put about by people who ought to know better.
> But those arguments were principally with you, so there's no need to
> go back to that. I'm quite happy to let all my other arguments (eg
> eudaimonia) stand or fall on their own merits, as more or less good
> philosophy. I'm not appealing to any outside authority - at least no
> more than you.
I found DMB's "information" a bit irrelevant, but did not comment it,
he is a member of some obscure "radio"organization you know ;-).
Anyway, the connection was your defending (I believe) my view that
there is a flaw in saying that all "theories of everything" are expressing
various aspects of The One. This again referred to Paul's assertion
that whatever metaphysics forwarded after Pirsig would be QUALITY
based ...which is the infamous map/terrain in another guise. I have
been long enough with this discussion to know that the two positions
will meet at the end reversing each other's arguments ....so I called it
a day.
By the way, where can I find the most concise presentation of your
"eudaimonic" idea?
Sincerely
Bo
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