tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post8434478786446284616..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-31158345303346088382007-08-05T07:08:00.000-07:002007-08-05T07:08:00.000-07:00I share most of your political views, and agree wi...I share most of your political views, and agree with your insightful critiques of PoMo (and marxists and muslims), but at the same time remain aloof from theology. That perspective may not please many conservatives, but a sort of intelligent, moderate secularism is possible, I believe. It's unfortunate that many moderate and even liberal religious people demand that everyone share their Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-22041224985257443782007-08-05T04:47:00.000-07:002007-08-05T04:47:00.000-07:00J., I'm not a deep sort of philosopher any way. I'...J., I'm not a deep sort of philosopher any way. I'm more into political philosophy, a quest for truth, discovering everything that may be out there that is of value, per Biblical command. But I do object to blatant nonsense and pernicious agendas (covert or otherwise), manipulation, lies and philosophical parlour tricks. Hope you get my drift. I left a few replies in this vein to your comments onKassandra Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-83747041959394731492007-08-04T09:56:00.000-07:002007-08-04T09:56:00.000-07:00""""Albert Einstein....react(ed) to this sort of a...<I>""""Albert Einstein....react(ed) to this sort of approach: "Do you really think the world is not there, when you're not looking at it?"""""</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>I like that. Sort of refutes postmodernism, as well as the flakey new-age subjective-idealism that some dupes replace their sunday school religion with. Einstein never doubts that the world exists independently of his own senses, and he Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-82507513877305631002007-08-04T07:31:00.000-07:002007-08-04T07:31:00.000-07:00(as far as matters theological go, I object to som...(as far as matters theological go, I object to some of the neo-Darwinian's style, but, alas, must grant the power of their arguments, which are not exactly new: Russell had more or less said the same thing as Dawkins has 50+ years ago; and Voltaire did 250 years ago, and again Hobbes had suggested much the same (as had Gallileo and other gents really). That said, I love gothic cathedrals and the Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-32905001493550846832007-08-04T06:56:00.000-07:002007-08-04T06:56:00.000-07:00Danke, Cass. This is one of the more aesthetic-ori...Danke, Cass. This is one of the more aesthetic-oriented posts on olde Contingencies. You don't care for the music of Debussy then I take it? <BR/><BR/>Philosophically, I am to be counted as one of those rogues who believe that Hobbes won that bout against Descartes back in the 1600s, however vulgar his style (broadsword if you like) may seem to some "metaphysicians", and that Hobbes also Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-37088210095574309122007-08-04T02:58:00.000-07:002007-08-04T02:58:00.000-07:00Good job! Philosophical order is this deliberately...Good job! Philosophical order is this deliberately created chaos of ideas! Keep up the good work!<BR/>"The Philosophy Nazi".Kassandra Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.com