PinnedPaul HuntinOriginal PhilosophyPhilosophic — Part 1Philosophy and Rhetoric Are Joined at the HipMar 211Mar 211
PinnedPaul HuntinOriginal PhilosophyPhilosophic — Part 2“Veritivity” vs. RepresentationalismApr 11Apr 11
PinnedPaul HuntinOriginal PhilosophyPhilosophic — Part 3Consequences of Pan-RelationalismApr 91Apr 91
PinnedPaul HuntindeterritorializationPhilosophic — Part 4The vocabulary of the “post-metaphysical.”Apr 191Apr 191
Paul HuntThanks, Paul. That's a good clarification.For me, "rationalism" generally refers to a belief in "nonhuman authority" (i.e. "Reason" with a capital "R") and an adherence to a…Mar 26Mar 26
Paul Hunt“Truth units” suggests that truth is atomistic, contingent, and based upon an infinitude of related…Truth units is not dependent on the idea that people who disagree would eventually come to share the same judgment, because they commonly…Mar 241Mar 241
Paul HuntHi Alex. Pan-relationism is described vividly in chp.Because you are steering "a balanced course between relativism and pragmatism," you might find Rorty's stridently pragmatic viewpoint…Mar 24Mar 24
Paul HuntThe propositions, "I have a toothache" and "I am aware that I have a toothache" mean the same…Consciousness is the intrapersonal aspect of language. AI machines don't "converse" with themselves, either as awarer or as experiencer.Mar 231Mar 231
Paul HuntIt's hard to distinguish what behavior is evolutionary and what behavior is cultural.Evolution didn't start with anthropoids, of course. On Earth, it's been going on for a few billion years. There's a lot of evolutionary…Mar 22Mar 22