Thanks for sharing Arlo! A somewhat connected comment... I just finished reading Tolstoys "Anna Karenina" and near the end there are a few pages that incredibly map out a MOQ-esque perspective, of course through a 19th century Russian lense. (I don't want to give away any of it but would love to discuss with anyone)
I was just curious, which authors that have never read Pirsig come to strikingly similar conclusions? Albert Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2016, at 2:20 PM, ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR <ajb...@psu.edu> wrote: > > Hey All, > > Not sure if this op piece was mentioned before (I searched my email, didn't > see any mention of the author so I am guessing not). This is from the New > York Times "The Stone" series. "When Philosophy Lost It's Way" by Robert > Frodeman and Adam Briggle from earlier this year (Jan 2016). > > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/when-philosophy-lost-its-way/ > > There are two main points in this article. Although Pirsig is not cited, its > hard to imagine the authors are not drawing from ZMM (or Dewey's later works). > > The first point is the "sterilization" of philosophy as a process of removing > it from 'everyday lived experience'. "Philosophy, then, as the French thinker > Bruno Latour would have it, was “purified” — separated from society in the > process of modernization." > > The second point is a "sterilization" of philosophy in the following way. > "There is another layer to this story. The act of purification accompanying > the creation of the modern research university was not just about > differentiating realms of knowledge. It was also about divorcing knowledge > from virtue. ... Knowing and being good were intimately linked." > > The authors conclude, "The point of philosophy now is to be smart, not good. > It has been the heart of our undoing." > > I'm not presenting this short article as anything I expect any of you to find > earth-shattering, this is ground that Pirsig (and others) exposed decades > ago. But I thought, since appeared very recently in the NYT, it would be > worth sharing. > > Arlo > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
