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I almost answered something like this. Statements that attempt to reduce the status of philosophy are often philosophical. 'Metaphysics is bunk' is a ...

I used to think that I'd feel cramped in an institution by dogmatic personalities, so I studied something else when the time came. I never stopped pri...

Note how 'we' creeps into your thought here. This 'we' is fundamental. Who am I? That's a small question, in some sense. Who are we? That's philosophy...

This is a profound question. What is it that we tend to call understanding? We tell our child that it's bedtime, and the child 'understands' by switch...

I think we are. I think that knowing one's self also reveals the 'viscosity' of thought. Large changes in our networks of beliefs and desires are trau...

You touch on an important theme here. Does metaphysics/philosophy get anywhere? If one judges by online philosophy forums, then perhaps not. But keep ...

Thank you for responding. It's a great book, and I look forward to hearing what you make of it.

Indeed, and it's usually a form of crude belief, of credulousness. As @Banno mentioned, those who don't know math nevertheless believe that they can d...

In a misleading way, and not only in terms of a pursuit for 'perfect' or 'geometrical' certainty. How then? By investigating meaning in terms of a sub...

To expand on my previous post, one is already able to speak the language. One is already intelligible to others before hypotheses can be proffered and...

Hello, Zzz. I'd like to open with a quote. Remark #479 especially amuses me. The best way that I have made sense of the later Wittgenstein is via 'Dre...