Thu 13 Aug, 2009 11:24 am - I would agree it doesn't seem necessarily that "existentialist" or "depressing." That being said, it reminded me (along with the thread title) of Hemingway's short... (view)
Thu 13 Aug, 2009 10:37 am - That's essentially what Kant did. For some reason people, people place Kant in the Cartesian tradition. On the contrary, Descartes takes the self as axiomatic as you say, while Kant says we... (view)
Thu 13 Aug, 2009 01:23 am - If you have time to read it, I'd very highly recommend the book "German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism" by Frederick Beiser.
I am not sure exactly where I stand on... (view)
Thu 13 Aug, 2009 01:15 am - Schelling is the second of the three famous German idealists (Fichte, Schelling, Hegel). Roughly speaking, their project was an attempt to go continue in the spirit (if blatantly contrary to the... (view)
Wed 12 Aug, 2009 05:01 pm - I don't have time to write a lot (but it's good to be back - I remember always seeing good stuff from you fresco). It is interesting how contemporary research into German idealism is... (view)
Wed 12 Aug, 2009 02:55 pm - It was perhaps philosophy's most lasting contribution to the world to suggest a morality that was not grounded in a kind of duty to God. Whatever you think of Kant's philosophy as a... (view)
Thu 2 Oct, 2008 03:35 pm - This reminds me of Wittgenstein's notion that there are not such things as philosophical problems but rather only misunderstandings of language, the famous quote being that a word, in nearly... (view)
Sun 17 Aug, 2008 12:37 am - Relating to the reference I just made to the previous discussion of Rand: It seems like this website format has been changed some, including the login, so I'm being signed in under a name I... (view)
Sun 17 Aug, 2008 12:09 am - This Rand topic somehow seems to keep coming back. There was a big argument we had a while back that was entitled something with "Objectivism" if you want to read it. In short: Rand does... (view)
Sun 10 Aug, 2008 12:19 am - TilleyWink--Just out of curiosity, where did you see that lecture? I see you're not California (the "Golden State"). I saw Collins give that talk at Stanford, where I'm at... (view)
