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- From: bil@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Bill Conner)
- Subject: Re: Deliberate Ignorance
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:44:43 GMT
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- Tim Starr (starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu) wrote:
- : In article <C1FyKE.FqH@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu> bil@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
- : }Logic can describe
- : }how one thing (thought, etc.) compares to another, but it of no use in
- : }determining which thing or thought or idea is "true".
- :
- : Nonsense. Where do you get this idea? Sounds positivist to me. And where
- : do you get the false notion that Objectivism is mechanistic?
- :
- Tim,
-
- I freely admit that most of what I write here probably is nonsense,
- but considering the postings I've seen in this group, I didn't think
- anyone would know the difference. Much as I'd like to take your
- critique of my point at face value, I think it might be more useful if
- you would demonstrate how said point is nonsense. Merely declaring my
- reasoning nonsense really doesn't carry much weight.
-
-
- Bill
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