Hi again Magnus and all,
Magnus, our disagreement is down to this . . .
> JONATHAN
> > My only problem is your one-to-one mapping between "event" and
subject-object
> > pattern.
>
MAGNUS
> But that's one of the most basic assumptions of the MoQ, that a
subject-object
> pair is created by each quality event.
>
This is the Magnus interpretation, that a single discreet quality event leads
to a single unique object and a single unique subject. Pirsig says something
more general, that subject-object pairs are a consequence of quality. Magnus,
do you have a quote to support your interpretation?
> JONATHAN
> > [Magnus's] seems to be the subject-object view of a reality made of a
> > number of discreet, absolute events. I think that reality is a continuum
that
> > can be carved up in any number of different ways. The events that you
define
> > as object + subject are a consequence of the carving up.
>
MAGNUS
> But the MoQ says it's the other way around. The events are primary, discreet
> and unique, the rest is secondary.
>
Again Magnus, I don't recall Pirsig saying that the primary source of reality
is discreet "quantum" events. The events and all the SQ patterns that
characterise them are reality, but not the source of reality.
Jonathan
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