Seareach,

I never saw this wax-eating incident. That's pretty hilarious.

Armed rebellion?

Right right. I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm stressed out of my mind about this election.

I voted absentee and I paid $2 for a frappuccino today. Woe is me.

But seriously I hope everyone here votes today.

Richard Dawkins sucks.

kevinswatch wrote:

Lord Mhoram wrote:I just checked my own Phoogle Map and it says I'm in Spain. I most definitely am not. Am I missing something here?

Why should we trust you, Spaniard? I bet your name really isn't Lord Mhoram. -jay

rusmeister,

Again, I can't discuss what is wrong with modern philosophy unless you produce examples. Otherwise we're only talking in generalities, and that isn't any good.

What about a Festivus for the rest of us?

rusmeister, If we are to continue a conversation on this, you'll need to provide examples of this "drivel." I will readily admit that there's been ridiculous obfuscation in contemporary philosophy. And to be fair there always has been. And I think this is primarily a Continental trend and ...

rusmeister, I still have a couple of my oldest friend's college philosophy books (it had been his major) - when I flip through them the sophistry amazes me - but it's good to go back and see what drivel has developed. (Subjective opinion from objective source) You call philosophy "drivel" ...

Congratulations, caam!

rusmeister, I'm tired of you assuming I don't believe in absolute truth when I've stated over and over again that I do. It's insulting. And calling modern philosophy "sophistic" and a knock-off of religion basically proves that you know nothing about contemporary or near-contemporary philo...

I just checked my own Phoogle Map and it says I'm in Spain. I most definitely am not. Am I missing something here?

The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme. Stunning. Damelon, if you see this, I bet this book would be right up your alley.

1. Do you post alone? Yes. 2. Do you make excuses to post? All the time. 3. Do you need to visit Kevin's Watch frequently in order to function? Essentially. 4. Are you unable to stop posting in Mallorys? I hate Mallory's. Sorry, heh. 5. Did you ever fight with someone on Kevin's Watch? Many times. 6...

Kinslaughterer, The scientific method essentially forces us to be deductive. Actually, if I'm remembering correctly, that is exactly what Karl Popper's response to the problem of induction was. I don't think the scientific method is entirely deductive, though. Surely scientific discoveries that have...

Hyperception, The (PUN) buttresses or corroborates these assumptions at the same time as it is intuitively/inductively derived from them, granted, but it is during the times when these assumptions appear unwarranted that the most interesting 'stuff' is going on. Fair enough, no argument there. I mer...

rusmeister, Not sure why you think one must be religious in order to study theology. Last I heard one is not required to be an adherent to learn about a discipline. To be sure, Catholic theology is not done solely by Catholics. But theology is undoubtedly done from a religious paradigm. This is what...

Norman Osborne has his finger in every pie in the Spiderman universe. Remember when Miles Warren (Jackal) just ended up being Osborne's bitch? Good stuff. Anyway Osborne's involvement in the cloning arc could have something to do with this perhaps. Anyway, great article, dlb. I think I've heard of it.

rusmeister,

Sometimes I don't know if I'm talking to rusmeister, or CS Lewis and GK Chesterton. Need you constantly quote them in order to make your points? You are evidently an articulate person. No need to quote a unitary source.