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- From: pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman)
- Subject: Re: Logic (WAS Re: War!)
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- References: <C17xzE.BIq@unx.sas.com> <1993Jan21.203652.27457@ulrik.uio.no> <C183E1.Jnr@unx.sas.com>,<1993Jan22.160827.15320@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:11:10 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.160827.15320@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Charlie.Creegan@launchpad.unc.edu (Charlie Creegan) writes:
- >In article <C183E1.Jnr@unx.sas.com> sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) writes:
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- >Um, not to quibble with such a learned philosopher, but there's a fallacy
- >in here. If SG is a comic, then he is *not* appealing to rationality in
- >his posts, since they are jokes. Better figure out *which* theory you
- >hold, before making observations!
-
- SG Hold on there, big guy. What's this reason/joke split? You're not
- claiming its metaphysical, are you? Aristotle joked about those who claim
- reality is contradictory in the otherwise ultra-serious and awesome
- _Metaphysics_. And where would Nietzsche be without his _Why I Am So Clever?"
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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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