Jamal

That's the postmodern condition.

I like the bull and it made me chuckle. Reminds me of xkcd, only cooler.

Ripe sounds :cool:

I was not quite happy with his criticism of Darwinism, because he often fails to distinguish Darwinism and popular Darwinism, the latter including Soc...

There’s an interesting tension in it. On the one hand he doesn’t openly lament the loss of the old manifestations of objective reason, motivated no do...

Yes, Horkheimer's account is pretty much in line with yours, but there are three things to note here. First, with the Greeks, subjective and objective...

:up: I’ll add the associated superstition that workers are free and equal parties to their employment contracts, rather than coerced by and subordinat...

Impressive.

I've been sort of following some of the debates in this thread. On the one hand I agree with @"Wayfarer"'s and @"Metaphysician Undercover"'s criticism...

Good point, although in the same book he does say that he wants to get away from “mere words” and “back to the things themselves.” That’s not to say t...

I was disappointed that it didn't actually describe any “post-linguistic turn,” didn't elaborate on the statement in the subheading that “new question...

Thanks Benj. Your view is shared by several people in this discussion. I think, though, that I wanted to emphasize something else: not just philosophy...

That's certainly an interesting flip-around, but I don't think it's the thrust of my critique. I think I was just saying that alongside the developmen...

This is first-class Shoutbox knowledge :up:

But at ironmongery is a ferreteria, no? A ferreteria is not where they sell ferrets, sadly.

So the problem is not the keyboard itself but your Mac, or your Mac usage. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse.

I began to compose a reply but then realized I didn’t have anything to say. But I’m fascinated nonetheless, so I hope you say much, much more. https:/...

I’m calling the FBI.

I wonder if your bat protection laws, assuming you have them, are at the federal or the state level. If you plan on murdering them, this might be sign...

I like bats. One of my outdoor evening talents is to announce the imminent first appearance of a bat. I’m usually only a few minutes out.

I hope you don’t scuffle or defecate while you’re up there.

I’ve discovered a few ways of interpreting the restriction, “For those in the US”: 1. You believe there are no bats outside the US. 2. You believe the...

This is fascinating stuff, I must say.

My only quibble—and it really is my only quibble, although it’s possible it’s more than just a quibble—is that since we find meaning with, for, and in...

The Shoutbox is too mature and sophisticated for that kind of thing.

Oh yeah.

I'd put it differently. His is an indisputable declaration that he is, not a logical conclusion as to what he is. So we have a new motto for the Shout...

It appears that some Catholics have made the same connection, illustrated with a feminized Descartes portrait no less: https://www.ncregister.com/blog...

I think we can say that something has meaning without ascribing it to the universe. I realize that how this works is the big question of the disenchan...

I take this to be saying that there is no overarching meaning—like a cohesive narrative with a take-away message—rather than that life has no meaning ...

Suspiciously metaphysical.

Those guys always hated me anyway.

I can handle the facial hair; it’s the cognitivist epistemology that puts me off.

I used FaceApp to turn Descartes into a woman: /uploads/resized/files/fz/c0o4vcw66om5x6p9.jpeg

Nice story. That's the thing is it not? To make a story of your life, in which nothing is directionless. I'm sure we were talking about this months or...

In the nineties I was lonely, miserable, directionless, shy and ineffectual, a mere shadow of a human being. Otherwise yeh, it was great :grin:

I fondly remember putting St Germain on the jukebox while playing pool with my friends in the nineties. That must have been the first album. Then I go...

I like that you’re so responsive to your fans.

Cheered me up actually, cos there’s a clown in it, with suitably large shoes.

I realized I didn’t know much about Cajun things and I was going to Google it but decided against it at the last second to avoid a deep rabbit’s hole....

When moka pot mogul Renato Bialetti died, his ashes were kept in a giant moka pot: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_ce...

Sounds like you’re describing a moka pot, a landmark innovation in the history of coffee. I’ve never bought my wife a moka pot.

My new favourite meal to cook at home is rice and beans. My version is very simple. Red beans, soaked overnight, boiled for 52 minutes and then set as...

:rage: I’m done here.

We all draw a line somewhere.

Tonic water, espresso, and a lot of ice. No booze. The Long Island iced tea I had yesterday hit me pretty hard. Must be getting old.

Yeh but what do you think of my lunch?

Chicken breast and mash, crispy eggplant, apple pie and vanilla ice cream, espresso tonic. “Espresso tonic?” I declared, “what the dickens is that? Gi...

Thanks to you both.

I’m wondering if those 30 people were the entire Spanish 1980s Opel Calibra club, or if that was just the local division. If you find out let me know.