Pirsig
Proper noun
Meaning
Pirsig (plural Pirsigs)
A surname.
Examples
Due to frailty of health, Pirsig did not travel to Bozeman in December 2012 from his residence in Maine in order to accept the accolade.
While doing laboratory work in biochemistry, Pirsig became greatly troubled by the existence of more than one workable hypothesis to explain a given phenomenon, and, indeed, that the number of hypotheses appeared unlimited.
On December 15, 2012, Montana State University bestowed Pirsig with an honorary doctorate in the field of philosophy during the university's fall commencement.
Personal life Robert Pirsig married Nancy Ann James on May 10, 1954.
Pirsig finds in "Quality" a special significance and common ground between Western and Eastern world views.
Pirsig suffered a nervous breakdown and spent time in and out of psychiatric hospitals between 1961 and 1963.