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Midgley says as much.

The ball valve allows the dishwasher to be disconnected. Murun should put on his trousers in public.

SO we have the strange bedfellows of @"Janus", @"Joshs" and @"NOS4A2" insisting on individuality and the social contract, even if, as in Nos's case, i...

Who invented bottle traps? Useless things. Thank goodness for silicon tape.

Perhaps. For Happy Truth it's an issue of translation; but there are minimum standards for readability on this forum that Anand does not meet. Also, b...

Interesting juxtaposition.

Neat job. A neat dissection of Bart's inept ratiocination. Good to have you involved again. There's a dearth of folk with some background in philosoph...

He's a wind-bag - yes.

I'm afraid you are wrong here. It's central to the discussion. Bart's obfuscation is the reason this thread is interminable.

Try writing in prose instead of that semi-literate drivel.

?? There is, it seems, a need...

Cheers, thanks for the links. I'm a late-comer, but quite enthralled.

Apparently it's on this week.

...Midgley's point; philosophers are needed in order to point to the smell and the feted pooling.

Ah. that's no surprise, since you know things about philosophy.

Really? I think Midgley right in pointing to social contract theory as the broken pipe in the foundation, and I don't see that there is a clear soluti...

Glad the joke was noticed.

maybe. Not sure it works. But I will place myself on the side of the critics.

So is bolding.

There's a tension between system building and critical evaluation in philosophy. Perhaps the system builders - your Kant, Hegel, Russel - thrive when ...

Good! Yes, philosophy is hard. The start might be in seeing problems such as the example she cites; that the presumed notion of a social contract has ...

I'll point out, again, that Bart thinks contradictions are possible - a square circle. There's no point to attempting rational discussion with such a ...

Not substantively. Sleep well, I'll continue the goading in the morrow.

Since you won't read, I'll quote: Here's the critique you might choose to address.

She was a disarming grandmotherly figure, it seems, quietly pointing to the blocked drain. She points out that Social contract replaced divine right, ...

Indeed, wonderful, yes? Which is why it is pertinent.

Far and away the most disappointing thing about this reanimated thread is the absence of reference to the most compelling argument of relevance - The ...

I noticed your did not address Midgley's specific criticism.

Yes, no fun in that, hey? But I wonder what you make of her comments regarding social contracts. Do you have sympathy for returning to a more organic ...

Cheers. I've flagged Bart's interruptions. They are unwelcome. Please stick to the topic.

Enjoy.

Oh, I don't doubt your ability. My apologies, my jest has offended. I lay great emphasis on the critical component of philosophical method. But I reco...

@"Wayfarer" left out the last bit of that quoted paragraph: It's apparent why.

Then see https://www.etymonline.com

The words can be used interchangeable, or not; the important thing is to recognise how they re being used and to check the usage is consistent.

Good. you avoided mention of "area", which was misleading you. Keep going - your point is not yet clear. You would do well to avoid avoiding the infin...

Shamelessly plugging my new thread, individualism is the result of accepting the myth that our interactions are the result of a social contract. Mary ...

That's ill-expressed, Gregory. Care to try again? A sphere within another clearly has a smaller area.

See my new thread on plumbing. I was unable to articulate my discomfort with the approach you give here, but the Midgley article goes some way towards...

Interesting. Thanks.

Keep in mind that Bart thinks God can create a square circle. If he thinks contradictions are possible, Bart will not be in a position to consider you...

Is philosophy the concatenation of true statements, or the process?

That richer culture was available to only a small minority of people, of course. Now, thanks to science, it is virtually ubiquitous (pun intended). Al...

Of course they are.

That's not how rationality works. But hey, suit yourself. Whatever gets you through the night. Just don't expect agreement.

There's no reason to think there is any, for either. Ah. Another one?

What happens to consciousness when we die? What happens to consciousness when we sleep?

Keep in mind that Bart thinks God can create a square circle. Compared to that, being omnipotent and omni-benevolent in the face of ubiquitous evil is...

I'm not following your actual argument. Is it that Mozart survived childhood, against the odds, and somehow this makes his work of greater value? Why ...