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- From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
- Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.meta
- Subject: Re: mindwalking buddhists, oh
- Message-ID: <TORKEL.93Jan3122858@lludd.sics.se>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 11:28:58 GMT
- References: <1993Jan1.4280.4181@dosgate> <1993Jan1.180058.3507@guinness.idbsu.edu>
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- In-Reply-To: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us's message of 3 Jan 93 08:14:59 GMT
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- In article <C09qx1.KEt@quake.sylmar.ca.us> brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us
- (Brian K. Yoder) writes:
-
- >I wonder how you cam explain why so many math/science/engineering types
- >are attracted to Rand if her mathematical ideas were so aweful. Presumably,
- >they would be the first to notice any problems, no?
-
- Did Rand have mathematical ideas? I don't think this can be quite what you
- meant to say.
-
- >objectivists to understand and promote objectivism. They are basically
- >taking bits and pieces of objectivism and adding in their own various
- >ideas (to yeild some kind of mongrel philosophy).
-
- In philosophy as a subject or pursuit, "mongrel philosophy" is the rule,
- simply because one is interested in knowledge and understanding, and only
- the religiously inclined believe that philosophical fundamentalism w.r.t.
- the writings of this or that philosopher is the best way of arriving at
- knowledge and understanding.
-