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- From: pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman)
- Subject: Re: Stephen Grossman
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:55:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.183010.22929@ulrik.uio.no>, solan@smaug.uio.no
- (Svein Olav G. Nberg) writes:
- >
- >MY misgivings about Grossman's postings are that he makes grandiose
- >claims, or very hard attacks on other philosophies, without being
- >able to back them up. It appears that his knowledge is at best
- >second-hand, and that he has more copied other people's thinking
- >than performed it himself.
- >
- >This goes in particular for one attack on this person on one list
- >dedicated to discussion of Objectivism, where Grossman's "information"
- >about the subject at hand (Stirner) was via statements by alleged
- >Nietzscheans/Stirnerites as rendered and evaluated by Nathaniel
- >Branden. That is: Third hand rumors counted for him as evidense.
-
- SG Instead of claiming THAT I err, you should cite the alleged error and
- discuss it. There is a suggestion (tho not an implication) that grandiose
- (big?) claims and hard (basic?) attacks are philosophically improper. Assuming
- that I have correctly understood your metaphors, I disagree. Philosophy is the
- study of basics, and while it involves technicalities, it is valuablr because
- it deals w/basics. A debate on basics is the most part of philosaophy. Don't
- get so entranced within a specific view that you are unwilling to consider
- radical alternatives. That way lies political correctness and the death of
- philosophy.
- Also, evidence is evidence, whether discovered by me or restated or
- quoted by me from someone else. I am not trying to prove how educated i am but,
- instead, am offering ideas. Since you oppose the Obj view of Nietzsche and
- Stirner, give an alternative instead of focusing on my style of presenting
- ideas. Substance si, style no!
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- "In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit
- you had known in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure and cer-
- tainty which comes from dealing with a rational universe."
- AYN RAND
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- Stephen Grossman <PMSC13SG@UMASSD.EDU>
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