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Thursday 15 August 2002 |
As I was saying earlier, systems, processes, aims, and efficacy:
William Blake. "I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's." [by way of Motivational Quotes of the Day]
Philosophers nowadays seem to avoid system-building. (I believe this is called antifoundationalism.) In college a friend and I were arguing about language in one of the school cafeterias when a visiting philosophy professor whose name I forget (quick! Name a contemporaneous philosopher. Nozick doesn’t count; Iris Murdoch is dead. Hah! I didn’t think so. I bet you don’t even remember the name of your Intro to Philosophy professor.) overheard, joined our table, and started talking about the state of philosophy. It was surprising how differently he saw the role of philosophy compared to our view, despite how often my friend and I disagreed on basics: we both felt that a basic metaphysical concern was fundamental to building a personality, let alone a world-view.
11:20:38 PM 
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Last day on this site, and you know what that means: writing writing writing.
Worms.
9:13:36 PM
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hostage to crap,
slave to the image,
dance to the music...
no, wait....
8:57:33 PM
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