T_Clark

On the subject of whining versus whinging. Something I’ve wondered about… From”Infinite Jest,” which I’m still reading at 100 pages a month.

Now's when you give us more of your thoughts - you know... details.

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This brings to mind Robert Pirsig's definition of art from "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" - Art is high quality endeavor. I used to like ...

Yes, that's one of the best things about the forum. But I'm talking about situations where I have been in discussions of an issue numerous times befor...

Ignoring your question, is that a flying saucer, space shuttle, or blimp in the background of your photograph?

Hello and welcome. Good post. As I experience it, knowledge and understanding are like walls. The details are the bricks you use to build it. Good phi...

It’s something I find myself doing more and more here on the forum these days. Once I’ve been through an argument several times and I’ve come up with ...

We can, and do, define art as anything we want it to be. Nobody seems to really be able to agree on it. I find Collingwood‘s way of looking at it plau...

This brings to mind something from the Tao Te Ching - from Verse 38, Gia-Fu Fengs translation.

As usual, you’re reading too much. You need to stop for a while and watch Benny Hill reruns.

This brings to mind something R G Collingwood wrote in the “Principles of Art.” He said art did not exist separate from craft before the Enlightenment...

Leave Velveeta out of this.

Without knowing for certain, I’m guessing how you think it should be done is significantly different from how I think it should be done.

You write as if there is not such a system in place already. There is, but perhaps it is not being done in accordance with your preferences. There is ...

It has to be done in person. See this video. It’s fairly obnoxious and little Javi does not seem all that happy with it, but this is how it’s supposed...

I wasn’t speaking against social control, it’s needed. I was only making the distinction between that and morality. But when you take out the idea of ...

You should memorize five little piggies. If you ever have children, you will need it. That and Cheerios. If you’re going to have children, you need fi...

Don’t you have the five little piggies in Spanish? It’s something you say to your children while you count their toes.

This little piggy went to market - that’s the driver This little piggy stayed home - obviously, not shown This little piggy had roast beef - that answ...

I am not a student of Taoism. I focus my attention on the Chuang Tzu and Tao Te Ching, although I do read other documents and commentaries sometimes. ...

I get it, but I don’t buy it.

Yes, it is art by what I call the @"praxis" criteria - It is presented with the intention that it be judged on an aesthetic basis.

Give the credit to Google translate.

Second. Worst. Definition. Ever.

Worst. Definition. Ever.

I would check with your intellectual property lawyer.

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Not according to Kant, and I have some sympathy with his way of seeing things. In my interpretation of what he said, time is something we bring to the...

I sent the document you linked to my Kindle. Thanks.

If all communication is art, I can’t see why we need another word for it. This seems connected to my idea that the idea of art is not a useful one. Co...

I would assume it is available at grocery stores in communities with large Jewish populations. I have been told that one difference between the two ty...

You have a different understanding of what art is than Collingwood does. I’m sympathetic to Collingwood’s way of seeing things. It’s not clear to me t...

There is kosher for Passover Coke.

Some thoughts: In "Critique of Pure Reason" Immanuel Kant wrote. I interpret this in the light of Konrad Lorenz's explanation in two publications - "B...

I thought about Erudite?Us®, but I like Erudite and Stuff® better. I've decided I won't use Erudite’n’Stuff®. Not dignified enough.

How about “Erudite’n’Stuff®”? Better?

Erudite-and-Stuff ®

I don’t know what “temeritous” means and I refuse to look it up. if you’re trying to make yourself seem more erudite and stuff than me, you’ll need to...

Collingwood talks about what we call “art” in terms of three functions - craft, entertainment, and expression of personal experience. Such self-expres...

These are some of my favorite phrases and figures of speech. I picked up many from my family as a child, although they might not be original with them...

It strikes me you are conflating two different but related issues. The first involves the personal, psychological, and spiritual path you have followe...

You are exactly right. I often tell people that many of our problems can be solved simply by retiring. 30 year olds with two children rarely find this...

As everyone knows, cake stores serve customers on a first come first served basis. Since Pete‘s first, he takes an Eccles cake. Geraldine is second, s...

If it weren’t for nitpicky distinctions, this forum would not exist.

To start, I just wanted to say that it's fun to discuss things with you. No, I think there really is a contradiction, a pretty fundamental and radical...

Sure, but that's a matter of fact, not logic. There's no contradiction, just insufficient knowledge. In the case of Russell's paradox, for example, it...

Archipelago is an Italian word, not Russian.

This is a quote I use often when discussing moral issues. It's from the Chuang Tzu, also known as the Zhuangzi - the second founding text of Taoism. T...