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Glahn

['Member']Joined: December 06, 2015 at 06:39Last active: April 24, 2017 at 19:57None discussions11 comments

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Marx's mature work (i.e. the Contribution, the Grundrisse, and Capital) gives us a different picture of what the "pauperization" of the proletariat wi...
April 21, 2017 at 00:39
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So ... a few things. 1. Marx distinguishes his method from Hegel's in many ways. He is clear, for instance, that for him the method of scientific disc...
April 10, 2017 at 05:22
Yeah, there are many reasons not to take Davidson's line on this point. For fun: On the one hand, we might follow philosophers like Haim Gaifman and X...
March 25, 2017 at 23:51
There are definitely interesting things to be said about the relationship between the metaphysical subject/object distinction and the grammatical subj...
March 23, 2017 at 19:50
This seems right to me. I should have been more cautious with my language! Speaking of "alternative theories of cognition," etc is not the right way t...
December 17, 2015 at 08:42
I wouldn't be surprised if the answers you're getting here are dissatisfying to you. Here's the closest we'll get to a direct answer to the question. ...
December 15, 2015 at 07:51
Thanks for tagging me! There are a number of interrelated issues here. I think the problem you indicate is real, but that it doesn't really turn on th...
December 15, 2015 at 01:26
Sellars, at least, was much influenced by the later Wittgenstein, so he's pretty sensitive to the multifariousness of language. A distinction that mig...
December 15, 2015 at 00:57
I'm not surprised to hear that Nagel holds some commitments along these lines, but the interesting source is Sellars. Though not widely known outside ...
December 07, 2015 at 03:27
Even in "an entirely literal sense," this seems wrongheaded to me. It's true that Brassier now recognizes the reality of meaning, but this is meaning ...
December 07, 2015 at 03:15
Agreed. Sorry about the tone, there. Just meant to communicate to others that Bryant's rather milquetoast remarks weren't representative. Your summary...
December 06, 2015 at 08:47
Brassier is decidedly not a purveyor of mainstream secularism. To this end, StreetlightX, I think you're off the mark reading Brassier's extinction st...
December 06, 2015 at 07:57