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by icycalm » 02 Jul 2008 15:28
by icycalm » 02 Jul 2008 18:03
by icycalm » 13 Jul 2008 20:30
by ViewtifulZFO » 30 Sep 2008 03:08
by icycalm » 30 Sep 2008 14:24
ViewtifulZFO wrote:Those two encyclopedias were actually recommended to me by my current philosophy professor - they are extremely helpful in understanding ancient Greek philosophy (the Prescoratics and the Sophist, in my case)
ViewtifulZFO wrote:Is there any way to get a sufficiently good translation of these works online, or are the specific translations you use only available in print?
ViewtifulZFO wrote:I imagine others would be interested in knowing this as well (otherwise, I'll just visit my library or something, but online copies would be convenient in the same vein as the George Orwell archive).
ViewtifulZFO wrote:As far as I know, The complete archive of Nietzche works from the Wikipedia page is indeed down, unfortunately, so I will have to wait to read it.
by Nookel » 26 Oct 2008 20:32
by icycalm » 27 Oct 2008 00:30
by Nookel » 27 Oct 2008 15:34
by icycalm » 28 Oct 2008 20:10
Nookel wrote:The thing I find odd in this statement is that while I do agree it is preferable to have sex than watching other people do it, there are a lot of movies that portray people in situations or tragedies I would rather not experience myself
Nookel wrote:of course almost every tragedy can serve to improve us as human beings
Nookel wrote:Also, are you planning on publishing the book and selling it or post it on your site?
Nookel wrote:but if the improvement is smaller then the price I would rather watch other people do it).
by The Novelist » 24 Nov 2008 14:14
by icycalm » 24 Nov 2008 17:11
by The Novelist » 24 Nov 2008 18:24
by icycalm » 24 Nov 2008 23:40
The Novelist wrote:"Gang of Four*" is just an unofficial nickname for four rather well-known French Structuralists. I meant: Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Foucault, and Barthes. Not a very physically intimidating gang.
The Novelist wrote:As for Post-Structuralism, I had considered Baudrillard to be a member of that philosophical movement.
The Novelist wrote:Anyway, I was only curious if you had any specific arguments against other philosophers.
by Afterburn » 08 Jan 2009 08:16
by icycalm » 08 Jan 2009 08:49
by icycalm » 08 Jan 2009 08:59
by ViewtifulZFO » 14 Jan 2009 20:01
by icycalm » 15 Jan 2009 06:31
ViewtifulZFO wrote:but Kierkegaard's pseudonyms make him a much more difficult figure to grasp overall because his confusion is intentional - probably in the same manner as Wittgenstein.
ViewtifulZFO wrote:Actually, my real question is why Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is listed but not his Philosophical Investigations. Do you agree with the former and disagree with the latter? I could see this being the case, but I figured I may as well ask while I read the Tractatus.
by ViewtifulZFO » 15 Jan 2009 08:53
icycalm wrote:There is no intentional confusion in Wittgenstein. He is the last person on earth who would do such a thing. That's what the Tractatus is about: clarity in writing.
icycalm wrote:It's not a matter of agreement or disagreement. The only book by Wittgenstein which is useful for our purposes is the Tractatus. I've skimmed through the Philosophical Investigations and On Certainty, and didn't come across anything of use. Very annoying writing style too, the so-called "late Wittgenstein".
by ViewtifulZFO » 05 Feb 2009 05:20
by icycalm » 05 Feb 2009 05:31
by ViewtifulZFO » 05 Feb 2009 05:39
by icycalm » 05 Feb 2009 05:45
ViewtifulZFO wrote:So, I could actually have such a thing occur to me, but the phrase "religious experience" doesn't have any useful truth content or descriptive content, either. There's no picture I can create of that, per se.