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Necuno

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I like Daniel Dennett's "Conditions of Personhood" (1976), I appreciate Roger Caras' observations about animal intelligence and human relationships with pets and responsibilities (e.g., A Cat is Watching, 1989), I am fond of quoting Lynn Montross and Dr. Who but probably won't here, and I sure hope I don't quote myself.

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Sorta Plural

March 07, 2019 at 15:39 3 comments Philosophy of Language

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In: Sorta Plural  — view comment
I am not sure what the confusion is about 'pluralize'. Merriam Webster online dictionary gives a decent definition: "to make plural or express in the ...
March 07, 2019 at 20:57
In: Is suicide by denying/turning away from the absurd realistic?  — view comment
I found this a week ago on Google Books while searching for the term sacrificium intellectus: “From this point of departure he proceeds to his critiqu...
March 07, 2019 at 15:54
In: Decolonizing Science?  — view comment
This is an interesting twist, but not surprising. It flows into the social sciences as well. A year or so ago, I did a Google search for "Jared Diamon...
February 28, 2019 at 15:40
In: What happened to "Philosophy Forums"?  — view comment
Poe's Law. :smile:
February 28, 2019 at 03:25
In: What happened to "Philosophy Forums"?  — view comment
Corporations are artificial persons for legal purposes only. As to whether natural persons are sovereign or ever were, that is a fascinating discussio...
February 28, 2019 at 02:33
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
Thank you Galuchat, I hope I have not offended? I am a 'tendentious pedant' - a phrase I picked up from Norman Spinrad a few years ago (I highly recom...
February 22, 2019 at 16:25
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
Ahhh, Galuchat pounces! I will try to respond in order to your objections (rather than embedding quotes in quotes): 1. You misread my previous. Comte'...
February 21, 2019 at 19:36
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
There are natural phenomenon and interpretations. One cannot claim that natural phenomenon are themselves cultural/linguistic conventions, e.g., the S...
February 21, 2019 at 16:36
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
It appears that between Comte and Case, a transformation was underway in the way the world was classified (and this is historically interesting, we of...
February 20, 2019 at 16:21
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
Yes, that is Professor Elwell. I don't have that book, but I have two other textbooks he wrote on macrosocial theory on my Kindle: Macro Social Theory...
February 19, 2019 at 23:54
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
My project, in part, involves an argument about macrosociology. Mr. Case's four orders provided a structural ground for the argument; Mr. Case argues ...
February 19, 2019 at 17:42
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
Thanks, I am trying to figure out how to have a conversation here if my responses disappear seconds after I post them. Thanks, I thought your response...
February 19, 2019 at 17:00
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
I responded to your comment half an hour ago, but my response disappeared. Can you see it?
February 19, 2019 at 16:58
In: Orders of Natural Phenomenon  — view comment
Thank you, that's a good clue. Before he reaches the four orders, on the preceding page, he has a footnote referring to "the Positive Philosophy of Au...
February 19, 2019 at 16:39
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