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Started by Triple Zero, July 24, 2007, 12:23:45 AM

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Cain

#75
August 11, 2007, 03:21:03 PM
The definition comes from its usage.  That's the way language works, but since you seem incapable of using language along with the rest of us, I see no reason for anyone to bother continuing to discuss this with you.

B_M_W

#76
August 12, 2007, 02:06:34 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 11, 2007, 03:21:03 PM
The definition comes from its usage.  That's the way language works, but since you seem incapable of using language along with the rest of us, I see no reason for anyone to bother continuing to discuss this with you.

Meh. I dropped this thread because of this kind of thing. Some people here seem to be incapable of going beyond the PD's destruction of reality to actually talk about something. They get stuck at semantics for semantics sake.
One by one, we break the sheep from their Iron Bar Prisons and expand their imaginations, make them think for themselves. In turn, they break more from their prisons. Eventually, critical mass is reached. Our key word: Resolve. Evangelize with compassion and determination. And realize that there will be few in the beginning. We are hand picking our successors. They are the future of Discordianism. Let us guide our future with intelligence.

     --Reverse Brainwashing: A Guide http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=9801.0

6.5 billion Buddhas walking around.

99.xxxxxxx% forgot they are Buddha.

Cain

#77
August 12, 2007, 03:36:08 PM
Welcome to the decline of western philosophy.

B_M_W

#78
August 12, 2007, 06:05:15 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 12, 2007, 03:36:08 PM
Welcome to the decline of western philosophy.

There are still people out there which are willing. Here was not such a place though.
One by one, we break the sheep from their Iron Bar Prisons and expand their imaginations, make them think for themselves. In turn, they break more from their prisons. Eventually, critical mass is reached. Our key word: Resolve. Evangelize with compassion and determination. And realize that there will be few in the beginning. We are hand picking our successors. They are the future of Discordianism. Let us guide our future with intelligence.

     --Reverse Brainwashing: A Guide http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=9801.0

6.5 billion Buddhas walking around.

99.xxxxxxx% forgot they are Buddha.

Cain

#79
August 12, 2007, 10:26:48 PM
You'd be surprised.  Since postmodernism, 90% of philosophy has been semantics.  It is really quite depressing.

B_M_W

#80
August 13, 2007, 02:32:41 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 12, 2007, 10:26:48 PM
You'd be surprised.  Since postmodernism, 90% of philosophy has been semantics.  It is really quite depressing.

Thats sad.

I think ranting is the new philosophical dissertation though.
One by one, we break the sheep from their Iron Bar Prisons and expand their imaginations, make them think for themselves. In turn, they break more from their prisons. Eventually, critical mass is reached. Our key word: Resolve. Evangelize with compassion and determination. And realize that there will be few in the beginning. We are hand picking our successors. They are the future of Discordianism. Let us guide our future with intelligence.

     --Reverse Brainwashing: A Guide http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=9801.0

6.5 billion Buddhas walking around.

99.xxxxxxx% forgot they are Buddha.

LMNO

#81
August 13, 2007, 05:55:22 PM
Cain, I always felt that philosophy was almost always about semantic, just not explicitly.

I can remember several "pre-postmordern" philosophy texts that begin with chapters dedicated to their terms.  "When I say 'mind' I mean the Thinker who Thinks about Thinking", and all that.

After they define their terms, then then have a  simple statement, like, "The mind is a social construct".  But it took most of the text to define what they meant by "mind", "social", and "construct".

Cain

#82
August 13, 2007, 11:04:40 PM
Then you've been reading the wrong philosophy texts.  Clarifying your terms is not the same as a circle jerk over the meaning of words.  I never remember Hume descending into a muddled pile of piss over the meaning of the word "God", for example.  Still made the Church saints look like idiots though.

Bebek Sincap Ratatosk

#83
August 13, 2007, 11:21:52 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 13, 2007, 11:04:40 PM
Then you've been reading the wrong philosophy texts.  Clarifying your terms is not the same as a circle jerk over the meaning of words.  I never remember Hume descending into a muddled pile of piss over the meaning of the word "God", for example.  Still made the Church saints look like idiots though.

Any philosophy can be considered as a circle jerk of words. The real difference appears, at least in part, in how good they are at the jerking, and how much their audience likes their style of jerking.
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

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Cramulus

#84
August 13, 2007, 11:26:01 PM
Visual aid please

Triple Zero

#87
August 22, 2007, 10:34:07 AM
well, i guess that'll be the last time for a while before i'm gonna try and start up some discussion again.

assholes.
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B_M_W

#88
August 22, 2007, 12:46:27 PM
Quote from: triple zero on August 22, 2007, 10:34:07 AM
well, i guess that'll be the last time for a while before i'm gonna try and start up some discussion again.

assholes.

Agreed.
One by one, we break the sheep from their Iron Bar Prisons and expand their imaginations, make them think for themselves. In turn, they break more from their prisons. Eventually, critical mass is reached. Our key word: Resolve. Evangelize with compassion and determination. And realize that there will be few in the beginning. We are hand picking our successors. They are the future of Discordianism. Let us guide our future with intelligence.

     --Reverse Brainwashing: A Guide http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=9801.0

6.5 billion Buddhas walking around.

99.xxxxxxx% forgot they are Buddha.

Bebek Sincap Ratatosk

#89
August 22, 2007, 03:20:16 PM
Quote from: triple zero on August 22, 2007, 10:34:07 AM
well, i guess that'll be the last time for a while before i'm gonna try and start up some discussion again.

assholes.

I'm still not sure where anyone expected this discussion to go...
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

"Back in my day, crazy meant something. Now everyone is crazy" - Charlie Manson
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