Jason Gaedtke (jgaedtke@gb.frontiernet.net)
Fri, 26 Sep 1997 17:48:37 +0100
Platt,
Your "high school curricula" approach to the MoQ resonates well with my current
views. I feel that the breakdown that you offer in terms of these basic
"disciplines" adds another wave of clarity to the four basic levels. (Of
course, there are many other major disciplines which would neatly fit into one
of the four categories, but the examples offered illustrate your point well.)
I also concur with your comments regarding the limitations of a reductionistic
approach. The new holistic, ecological, "quantum" paradigm is pervasive
throughout the thought of many modern authors: Fritjof Capra, Danah Zohar, and
early Gary Zukav to name only a few. The interconnectedness of the whole of
reality is rapidly becoming a prominent feature in our new era. The examples
and metaphors that you site offer a subtle means of experiencing and sharing
our "moral order."
However, as much as I appreciate the significance of intuition in this context,
I nonetheless hold that reason will also play an invaluable role. Rather than
oscillating back and forth between these two poles in an either-or sense, the
new paradigm will unite these concepts. Complementarity will become the norm.
To borrow Doug's syntax: quanton(reason, intuition).
IMO, the diversity of backgrounds demonstrated on this list is an excellent
illustration of this process in action. Rather than rejecting and replacing
old paradigms with "new and improved" versions, the MoQ will offer a framework
which subsumes and integrates these paradigms in a larger context. I can
already see this happening in the field of philosophy. Pirsig's thought
subsumes nearly all of the work that has come before him.
Thoughts?
Jason
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