What, Why & How do we Know ?
Following the mid-western road-trip to Wyoming & Montana, I’ve uploaded some photos. Lots of general scenery and wildlife in Teton and Yellowstone amongst other places, and for Pirsig fans, some relevant ZMM locations … Hebgen Lake, Bozeman and Gardiner The Beartooth Highway – between Gardiner and Laurel Meeting Mark Richardson in Hill City
I was reading the Christie Hefner interview with Robert Pirsig from summer 1975, published in “Oui” magazine in November that year, and noticed that he makes what must the first published reference to his “Metaphysics of Quality”. I’ve added a link in the 1975 entry in my Pirsig Timeline (July 2007 updates) [Note the link … Continue reading “MoQ First Reference ?”
I just blogged about Colin Talbot‘s “Paradoxical Primate” which despite the unlikely sounding TLA (Three Letter Acronym) “PST” (Paradoxical Systems Theory) jargon, and the negative review I initially stumbled upon, I found the subject and title headings sufficiently attractive to order a copy. I’d just renewed contact with Bruce Charlton only a couple of days ago, … Continue reading “Full Circle, Paradoxically”
After some stressful hectic weeks – company annual conference, and a “learning experience” in US temporary-resident house-buying – Sylvia and I decided we’d have a quiet holiday weekend after work on Saturday. After checking the boys were surviving OK with end of year exam progress – just one of them has one to go – we went … Continue reading “Take it or leave it.”
When Kurt Vonnegut died a few weeks ago, there was some traffic about his work on various discussion boards … I realized I knew of him, and a little about his works, but had not actually read any. On MoQ-Discuss several people gave recommendations for favourites and for new readers. I started with the obvious … Continue reading “Vonnegut”
Latest First (Working backwards through older publishing technologies.) And – brilliant! – after bringing everything up to Picasa format – that’s no longer supported. Going to need to move all pics across to Google Photos or similar. Until then these links are pretty much dead. 2010 Onwards General (Picasa – Rio, Brisbane / Queensland, Lunar … Continue reading “Gallery”
Upcoming presentations at Liverpool University’s (IDF) “Inter-Disciplinary Forum” inlcudes one on 6th June by Mark Maxwell on “The Metaphysics of Quality and the Unity of Disciplines“ Be interesting to hear how that goes down. A potted summary of Pirsig’s MoQ, a shift from physics to life sciences, and a reference to Frijtof Capra’s “Web of Life”. … Continue reading “Liverpool Uni Inter-Disciplinary Forum”
Had the pleasure of spending yesterday with Henry Gurr and his son David (and Cinnamon, the dog) in and around Aiken, New Ellenton and Savannah River, South Carolina. (Thanks again Henry for the Carolina BBQ hospitality and local historical sightseeing.) Most of us will know Henry through his passion (some might say obsession) for documenting and photographing … Continue reading “A Gurreat Day Out”