tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post2092102274718309971..comments2023-09-19T05:24:41.264-07:00Comments on Being and quirkiness: Essence of a nightmareBeing and Quirkinesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583685928768315045noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-10136713367171213222009-03-26T18:26:00.000-07:002009-03-26T18:26:00.000-07:00CS,The starting point of Aristolian philosophy is ...CS,<BR/><BR/>The starting point of Aristolian philosophy is external experience (ie objective), and even though he proceeds mostly through induction and analogy in his metaphysics, it is also something one can objectively experiment.Being and Quirkinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583685928768315045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-45053762765505486792009-03-26T14:53:00.000-07:002009-03-26T14:53:00.000-07:00What possible finality could we know of???We are h...What possible finality could we know of???<BR/>We are here in the realm of belief systems<BR/>then,are we not? Count SneakyCount Sneakyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996792466850803692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-61592730580637145212009-03-26T14:48:00.000-07:002009-03-26T14:48:00.000-07:00I liked W.B. Yeats' poetic attitude towards life w...I liked W.B. Yeats' poetic attitude towards life when he told us to cast a "cold eye" on life and death and ride on.<BR/>But, of course, this would not provoke much discussion...would it? Count SneakyCount Sneakyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996792466850803692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-78356865305983538962009-01-14T07:37:00.000-08:002009-01-14T07:37:00.000-08:00I should have a post with definitions. I realize t...I should have a post with definitions. I realize things like "causes" are not easy to apprehend, for a newcomer, and many original meanings were "corrupted". I noticed realist philosophers (which I don't claim to be)amd idealist philosophers often end up not understanding each other because they haven't agreed on the definitions. This is called equivocity.Being and Quirkinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583685928768315045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-49817536609368183332009-01-14T07:33:00.000-08:002009-01-14T07:33:00.000-08:00Hello Lilly, I´m not Spanish actually. I quite lik...Hello Lilly, <BR/>I´m not Spanish actually. I quite liked the movie Ballroom dancing (that had Spanish immigrants if I remember correctly).<BR/><BR/>Glad you are following.Being and Quirkinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583685928768315045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-5946374966091709542009-01-14T05:56:00.000-08:002009-01-14T05:56:00.000-08:00Mmmmm food for thought. I studied to be a pscychol...Mmmmm food for thought. I studied to be a pscychologist but then went into more creative pursuits. Philosophy has interested me more. Interesting you lived in Australia. Spain is a lovely place and there are many Spanish here also.Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597193176450931002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-3869375567124415622009-01-12T15:05:00.000-08:002009-01-12T15:05:00.000-08:00Hi MTM! What I understand is that psychology looks...Hi MTM! What I understand is that psychology looks at conditionning, the HOW, whereas philosophy looks at what determines a person, the WHY. What is toxic is to make an absolute out of psychology (ie to discard the metaphysical underpinnings of the human person).Being and Quirkinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583685928768315045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1886977568689637509.post-23459398190479327692009-01-12T12:08:00.000-08:002009-01-12T12:08:00.000-08:00Freud's psychoanalytics is very good a providing e...Freud's psychoanalytics is very good a providing explanations for everything--which makes it less scientific than its proponents would love to think (i.e. it can never be wrong?).<BR/><BR/>Likening pure efficient causality to hell is appropriate--because an ability to establish an explanation for everything might presupose among many things: absolute insight, deception, or delusion (albeit a very compelling one).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com