Post your random thoughts.

Schelling was 30% genius, 30% wankery, and 40% paraphrases of Jakob Bohme.

I may be parsing wrong, but I, personally, have difficulties going beyond the phenomenally.

But can you get beyond Thunderdome?

You mean «Both sciences proceed beyond the phenomenally given to the forces[...]»? He's using «the phenomenally given» as a noun phrase.

What the fuck is a phenomenally given, then?

The phenomenally given is that which is obvious from the senses, if my half-baked understanding of the terminology isn't horrifically wrong for once. Maybe it actually has something to do with lasers.

Fucking philosophers man wtf. *throws arms up in exasperation*

I'd like academic philosophy a lot more if lasers were involved.

Even those who investigate nature only empirically need to know her language in order to understand utterances which have become unintelligible to us. The same is true of philology in the highest sense of the term. The earth is a book made up of miscellaneous fragments dating from very different ages. Each mineral is a real philological problem. In geology we still await the genius who will analyse the earth and show itscomposition as Wolf [the 18th century German philologist] analysed Homer.

He doesn't say "like a book" because he isn't held back by your representationalist bullshit, maaaaaan.

Now I'm wonder what trope it'd be if This Loser Is You comes up not as a choice by the author, but as an Unfortunate Implication perceived by the reader.

DAMNIT!! Occam's Razor just popped up in a religious debate.

Sorry guys, I gotta set fire to all existence and hypothetical existence. This include past events and future events and even events that would have never happened.

It's the only way to be sure this never happens again/ever.

On the plus side, you probably won't know I've done this because your reality will likely have burnt up before you even existed.

...Unless I work from the future towards the past.

Gimme a bit...I gotta chart my most efficient reality burning plan here, otherwise I might be doing this forever...

Don't go that far Justi-wait, religious debate?

   NOT EVEN A FLEA SHALL SURVIVE THE COMING INFERNO   

edited 31st Jan '11 4:08:11 PM by Myrmidon

All of the fucking hearts in thread titles are getting annoying

ven those who investigate nature only empirically need to know her language in order to understand utterances which have become unintelligible to us. The same is true of philology in the highest sense of the term. The earth is a book made up of miscellaneous fragments dating from very different ages. Each mineral is a real philological problem. In geology we still await the genius who will analyse the earth and show itscomposition as Wolf [the 18th century German philologist] analysed Homer LIKE A BOSS

I'm torn when it comes to the Match.com advert where the pair meet in a music shop. It's so corny and stupid, but part of me finds it very touching.

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edited 31st Jan '11 4:23:51 PM by Paratroopa36

Of course I only look at the thread again because computer junk is mentioned.

Well, I've official became jaded to philosophy and reality isn't going to set itself on fire.

I'd like to add that I kinda liked the way Blackmoon described philosophy.

Also, I solve practical problems.

edited 31st Jan '11 4:30:32 PM by RocketDude

Everyone knows Set Theory is just a bunch of Maoist apologist shit anyway.

sigh

edited 31st Jan '11 4:31:04 PM by Myrmidon

Whitehead as a Maoist would sure be something!