Wed 10 Aug, 2005 08:54 am - dunno if I misunderstod this, val:
[quote]If we say that everything is just atoms, then EVERYTHING is a set, that is not part of itself (because, as you pointed very well, everything, in this... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 03:37 pm - [quote]It is not possible to tackle ideas in a framework of geneology of personality and ideas. That system is self-referencing and disallows new ideas. I say we should use the old philosophers as... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 03:25 pm - [quote]'Sets' that can or cannot contain themselves are not sets. [/quote]
Maybe you understood the example, you just forgot that I was talking about a paradox?
Dunno, however it is... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 03:23 pm - [quote]'Sets' that can or cannot contain themselves are not sets. [/quote]
Maybe it was an unclear explanation.
Check it out for yourself:... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 03:18 pm - Great essay Frank! It made me laugh and think at the same time! :)
However, I think your theory about language and how to "remove" dirty language is a little bit static.
When I... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 02:44 pm - [quote]He was not well read, so he had to make do. I am Wittgenstein, and things are a little different now, but the abilities, temperament and interests are the same. [/quote]
Can we really... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 02:25 pm - Dunno if this is relevant...
Anyway, in his later years Plato was increasingly influenced by the Pythagoreans, and he paid more attention to the mathematical aspect of his philosophy.
In his... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 02:23 pm - [quote]
I propose a new line of though. Ommism. Everything is one. There is just one thing, and that thing is called everything. All the rest is just sub-dividing. [/quote]
You should be... (view)
Tue 9 Aug, 2005 01:57 pm - [quote]Wittgenstein never made formal studies of philosophers and never gave quotes or sources. Everything he wrote he claimed was original. Just like me. Well, me in fact. [/quote]
I just read... (view)
