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- From: daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:54:14 GMT
- Subject: Re: intro to phil
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- In talk.philosophy.misc, pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU writes:
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- > Religion or faith is standard accepted by most, even skeptics.
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- Even Rand.
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- > Dogmatists claim divine omniscience or ignorance are only alternatives.
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- Rand claims blind faith in totally free markets and the goodness
- of capitalistic spirit.
-
- > claim:within certain context, judgements are absolute. Not divine, out-
- > of-context absolutes, but contextual absolutes. Not skepticism nor dog
- > matism but objectivism: choice to be logical about real.
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- Denies that fact that perception can be decieved.
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- > Most philosophy splits existence, then constructs bizarrely elaborate
- > symbol-system to connect poles of contradiction. Many intellectually trap
- > buted in pseudo-rational attempt to overcome contradictions. But existence
- > is identity, not contradiction. Real philosophy is elaborate, difficult
- > but much, much less than mainstream of contemp. phil.
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- In fact, existence is not self evident, but it can be assumed
- to be so.
-
- > Kant-I have limited knowledge therefore, to make room for faith.
- > Rand-Something exists of which I am conscious. i must discover its
- > identity.
- > make your choice
-
- But as you read Rand, especially Atlas Shrugged, pay close attention
- to Ayn's distortion of the reality of human spirits. Pay close
- attention to the straw man she constructs and admire its strawness
- as she proceeds to destroy it.
-
- doug
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