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, Primacy of the self, no expression of empathy, joined a few hours ago; I suspect another refugee...

It's not something I would fight over; I'll just reserve "ordinary language philosophy" for those who were at Oxford in the twenty yers from 1945, and...

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No. On both accounts.

Moore skips over scepticism? No, he confronts it directly. While Austin looks to set out the relations between concepts already found in our everyday ...

Corporate donors flee Republican Party following Capitol Hill riot, and it's only the beginning Free enterprise is a marvellous thing. The invisible h...

An example. Take a look at my first post in the recent debate. I am self-consciously setting out, in a too-brief and hence inadequate way, the relatio...

Do you want fame, or truth?

Nietzsche is not an Ordinary Language Philosopher. Including him would be anachronistic. Ordinary Language Philosophy was a reaction to the demise of ...

Damn. I agree, Trump is guilty of inciting insurrection. But his supporters will not be convinced of this by the text of his speech to the mob...

Well put. Felicity is the broader classification, truth is the characteristic of felicity that is found in statements.

I'd exclude Wittgenstein. The key characteristic of Austin's approach is the seeking of wisdom within our everyday language. The ethos is here: One is...

I agree. Moore as progenitor, the source of the method.

Oh, we should add Hare - an ordinary language treatment of ethics; but too much Kant for him to be central or OLP

...but it's not style that counts here; it's method.

An odd reading of locutionary force? Derrida/s thinking is all over the place - thats what makes him worth reading. I think he's having a joke in @"Jo...

Yep. You win. Cheers. (What was that about?)

I suppose that's me. Although I don't think of myself in those terms. I'm an admirer of Moore, and rank Austin very highly in my estimation of philoso...

Damn, damn.

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Present circumstances provide a good test as to the resilience of US democracy. It's taken a bad knock from an appalling administration, but the recen...

I've argued along these lines, too. The Myth of the Individual prevents, for example, a decent response to Covid; and often prevents common decency. I...

I'm not at all surprised.

...joined two moths ago; @"Brett" was also considered, a member from two years back who increased his activity markedly just before being banned.

Nuh. But it helps, when done well.

Meh. The name New Left was already taken.

Sure. Watch this space, I guess.

You seem to be having not trouble expressing yourself.

What do you think you have argued here - that Amazon and Apple should not respond to their customer's concerns? That there ought be some control on Ap...

OK. I'll take your word for it. ...Zuckerberg? Bezos? You sure?

I'd stick to Umberto Eco's 14 points for using that word. I've a little speech I use to explain to kids why they shouldn't use the word "Fuck" unthink...

Sure: BLM: Timeline of notable events and demonstrations in the United States

@"Pfhorrest " Third time I've asked - are we looking at Parler refugees? @"counterpunch" @"synthesis" Both joined in the last week, no interest in gen...

(...just pointing out that the OP doesn't actually say anything...)

It's Murdoch, that little commie bastard!

Well, I don;t see anything that links them to Marx; although doubtless some BLM supporters are Marxist, being a Marxist is not on the prerequisite... ...

Well done. We really talking 'bout the Royals now? In a philosophy forum?

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Meh. Just not much interested in your posts.

Bret has joined the ranks of the dear departed.

Cheers.

Odd... what did you make of his misuse of statistics, as quoted? Seeing violence as a cultural trait of black people isn't a wee bit racist?

That's not just being wrong. Do I think him a fascist? I wouldn't use that language. I do think his thinking is - as shown here and elsewhere - shall ...

"He" here being @"counterpunch"? Factually wrong.

I think you are right. There will be white Democrats using the issue as leverage. Do you think the BLM black supporters are part of that scam? Or do t...

Again, who is making them worse? Read over this discussion again, and ask yourself how you went. Go back to here, were I asked you about the importanc...

Damn.

Thanks. It seems that folk fail to understand that systematic racism need not be intentional - although it can be.

Don't they? I don't have access to much information; so isn't this a different, albeit related, issue? Again, even if true, that wouldn't make them ex...