@JayMan471 @hbdchick Your utter certainty on this question does you no credit. It's sophomoric.
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Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@hbdchick Besides, don't act like I haven't discussed my reasons for this thoroughly. Ignoring that is sophomoric, at best.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471 I understand your argument, it's your *certainty* I find unpersuasive. What's your philosophical background?@hbdchick1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @christopherburd
@JayMan471 Or do you think that perennial philosophical issues can resolved once & for all by intelligent laymen thru intuition?@hbdchick1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@hbdchick For the record, I don't think much of most philosophers. A proposition is either true or it is not, and it can...4 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471 oh, god. we *just* had this conversation here at home! (and i said the same thing as you. (^_^) ) (much) philosophy is bunk.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick Much, for sure... but useful for framing questions, often with the result that they don't seem quite so self-evident.@JayMan4711 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@JayMan471 questions can be framed just fine in science. (^_^) (i swear, i JUST had this convo this a.m.!)1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick {For strictly scientific purposes, yes. Otherwise, maybe not.} But the stuff inside { } is a question for philosophy.@JayMan4711 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @christopherburd
@hbdchick At their best (& obv they achieve their best as rarely as the rest of us) philosophers can do the meta work here.@JayMan4715 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@christopherburd @JayMan471 ...so that's where i'm coming from. (^_^)
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