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This essay applies a critical viewpoint to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in an attempt to establish Robert Pirsig as a serious postmodern philosopher. Though Pirsig was seldom approached by mainstream philosophers during the... more
Il racconto di un viaggio in moto e dentro la memoria.
Un libro perennemente attuale che racconta la vita e riflette sul significato dell'esistenza.
Un libro perennemente attuale che racconta la vita e riflette sul significato dell'esistenza.
The paper examines the explicit and implicit connections between Robert Pirsig's popular philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and the dialogue of Plato from which Pirsig borrowed the name for his novel's hero.... more
В статье рассматриваются принципы построения реальности в романе Виктора Пелевина «Шлем ужаса» и Роберта Пирсига «Дзен и искусство ухода за мотоциклом», одним из которых является принцип дополнительности Нильса Бора. Оба автора видят... more
Beginning with Amy Gutmann's theory of Democratic Education, the paper explores contemporary education reform in the US by employing a heuristic conceit: contemporary efforts at reforming education in the US –on which there is much... more
This paper reviews Catherine Rowett’s (Catherine Osborne from 1979 to 2011) examination of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM) and Plato’s Phaedrus which can be found by clicking here. After providing a summary of the Phaedrus... more
SORRY, YOU CAN FIND THE LANGUAGE EDITED VERSION OF THE TEXT AT: https://www.mnemosophy.com/the-vault With allusions to the mythical book of Robert M. Pirsig and having in mind cybernetics as way of thinking, I made my contribution to... more
Though his books have been acclaimed by both critics and non-critics alike, author Robert M. Pirsig has expressed much dissatisfaction over the inability of his readers to fully comprehend the philosophical system he develops in Zen and... more
This chapter discusses Robert M. Pirsig’s novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) from the perspective of Jacques Derrida’s exploration of various forms of movement. In particular, the notions of counter-movement and “via... more
Er zijn drie waarheidszoekers met een geschreven nalatenschap aan boeken die ik niet kan wegdenken uit mijn leven zonder dat ik er onherstelbare ethische hersenschade aan overhoud: Jezus, Multatuli en Robert M. Pirsig. Drie grote... more
Idiosyncratic approach applying psychoanalytic theory to videogames such as MINECRAFT, DARK SOULS, KATAMARI DAMACY, SIM CITY and SKYRIM.
In response to the prompt: "Discuss the claim 'human rights are universal.' Clarify in what senses of the term it may be reasonable to claim that human rights are, or are not, universal. Present arguments pro et
contra and include your... more