Quote from: Brad;749018What

Kant died in 1804. Modernism was not yet even a thing that existed in 1804, let alone postmodernism. It would be like characterizing Jack Kirby as a webcomics author, or Poe as a Beat poet.

The first thing I learned after getting my degree in philosophy was that the mere mention of 'philosophy' as a discussion topic leads to the inevitable circle-jerkery that ensues especially once you go into graduate "studies" of philosophy (that are essentially pointless)

Either that... or the vast majority of people that don't actually understand philosophy don't give a fuck enough about it to care to discuss it.

These comics were...okay.

Knights of the Dinner Table - far better and ironically more philosophical.

Quote from: Brad;749018What

Indeed. :pundit:

Quote from: tenbones;749143The first thing I learned after getting my degree in philosophy was that the mere mention of 'philosophy' as a discussion topic leads to the inevitable circle-jerkery that ensues especially once you go into graduate "studies" of philosophy (that are essentially pointless)

Cool story, bro! :pundit:

"Whereof one cannot kill, therefore one must run away in silence."

Quote from: LibraryLass;749138Kant died in 1804. Modernism was not yet even a thing that existed in 1804, let alone postmodernism. It would be like characterizing Jack Kirby as a webcomics author, or Poe as a Beat poet.

And who said Kant was a postmodern..? No one in this thread.

Quote from: Brad;749296And who said Kant was a postmodern..? No one in this thread.

You.

Quote from: Brad;749296And who said Kant was a postmodern..? No one in this thread.

I'm sorry. I assumed upthread you were being sarcastic in an effort to look better-informed than Akrasia.

Quote from: LibraryLass;749416I'm sorry. I assumed upthread you were being sarcastic in an effort to look better-informed than Akrasia.

No, in fact, Kant is one of my favorite philosophers.

I think the main thing I've taken from this thread is that Continentals have a completely different view of historicity of postmodernism than the Analytics. Not to mention vastly different from Socratics.

Quote from: Brad;749456No, in fact, Kant is one of my favorite philosophers.

I think the main thing I've taken from this thread is that Continentals have a completely different view of historicity of postmodernism than the Analytics. Not to mention vastly different from Socratics.

What do you mean by "view of historicity of postmodernism"?

He probably just meant history rather than historicity.  Sentence makes perfect sense once you make that change as I doubt Brad actually thinks that certain philosophers didn't exist at all.

Quote from: NathanIW;748976Given how concerned they are with verifiability and falsifiability, I'm guessing the truth you wish they were interested in is some sort of woo-woo magic truth or something.  

No, what I'm saying is that logical positivists ignore all kinds of things that can't be proven through logic, and more than occasionally have made absurd leaps of faith based on something that makes sense in a closed logic-circuit but does not in fact reflect material reality.

I'm a huge fan of reason, and I don't accept anything I can logically verify as untrue, but to turn that around and suggest that the only things that are true are those that you can absolutely prove through logic is a recipe for a severely dysfunctional human being.  And a severely dysfunctional society! It would discount, for example, a significant amount of modern sciences; which explains why while most scientists are generally strong advocates of the scientific method and critical thinking, very few real scientists are logical positivists these days; the latter are more often found frequenting internet forums and occasionally writing books about debunking bigfoot, about how global warming can't be absolutely proven and therefore must not exist, or about how absolutely all transcendent experiences ever must be a lie because certain verses of a particular denominational interpretation of a single religious book are logically irrational.

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And one for the ladies:
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/32

Quote from: LibraryLass;758270And one for the ladies:
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/32

That comic is consistently hilarious.

Quote from: LibraryLass;758270And one for the ladies:
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/32

Love it.

Looking forward to the RPGnet shitstorm about it.