Beloved public intellectual William James

@WilliamJamesN2O

In 1882, I got high on nitrous oxide (for science, obviously) and read some Hegel. Here for the first time, my complete notes.

Joined November 2017
Born August 26, 1910

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    Perhaps Twitter cannot "verify" I am the intoxicated ghost of William James, but consider the pragmatic value of the comfort taken in this belief by my many followers, and whether we might not all benefit by acting as if I have been verified.

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  2. Philosophy and science are done by humans which makes them tricky.

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  3. Feb 1

    This was liked by the drunk ghost of William James, whom I recommended the teen read. Maybe heard me.

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  4. As I have remarked before, clothes are part of the self.

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  5. Feb 1

    Okay, at this point I'm done with . They may have tried to be an org advocating viewpoint diversity, but it's clear at this point they are themselves driving specific right-wing viewpoints. Them promoting scientific racism is my last straw.

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  6. Feb 1

    Every time my life starts spiralling I think "What would Peirce do?" and the answer is always construct a complete system of philosophy and the natural sciences founded on phenomenology and logic. Usually I just talk to a friend instead.

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  7. Feb 1

    In honor of Black History Month, I will recommend foundational texts work reading. I begin with this extraordinary text: David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World by Peter P. Hink... via

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  8. Feb 1

    I really wish philosophers would stop making respectable the notion that you can write 'dispassionately' on anything. You can't. If you are, you're probably writing crap. If you insist you're writing dispassionately, you certainly aren't.

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  9. Feb 1

    Reading Rorty is like asking a guide to help you climb Mt. Everest, then realizing you're on Mt. Fuji when you reach the peak. Sure, the guide was incorrect, but the place they led you is so significant that you realize truth is just whatever your peers let you get away with

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  10. Jan 31

    William James said he could only understand Hegel on nitrous oxide. This going to save me thousands on my taxes, now that I can write off all whippits I purchased as school supplies.

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  11. Jan 29

    white horse

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  12. Jan 29

    "I f*cking love Science" —G.F.W Hegel

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  13. The Correspondence Theory of Truth is where you Tweet angry "correspondence" to critics of your view who do not understand that your views are self-evidently True, making any review of the literature a waste of time you could have spent Tweeting.

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  14. Jan 29

    How many distinct pramanas do you accept? I think I'm okay ✓ with Perception ✓ Inference ✓ Testimony ✓ Analogy ✓ Postulation ✓ Absence

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  15. Jan 28
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  16. Jan 28

    Dewey's attack on the given: "pure sensations out of which ideas can be framed apart from habit are equally fictitious."

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  17. Jan 26

    Who here realises the ENORMOUS privilege that the use of English as an international science & publishing language conjures on native English speakers in academia?

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  18. Jan 25

    If mathematics is a priori then why do I have to verify empirically that subtraction still works by counting the number of remaining assignments to be graded every time I finish one?

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  21. If the Correspondence Theory of Truth is the only one that describes Real Truth, then how come we don't just call it The Theory of Truth? Checkmate and enjoy the PoMoNeoMa kool-aid

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