I think Thomism, science, and continentalism are all about equally effective at doing what they're trying to do.
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@willdoingthings What is continentalism trying to do? To what extent has it done it?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GrumplessGrinch One thing: justify skepticism of justification. It succeeded to the point of sufficient self-skepticism and now it rests.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@willdoingthings What is the justification of that skepticism? C'mon, sum up an entire school of thought in one tweet.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@GrumplessGrinch "In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect." Hofstadter the Transcendental1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings Word games aren't arguments.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GrumplessGrinch It's both and neither! It's a perspective, one very aware of the interplay between precision and ambiguity.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings That doesn't mean anything!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GrumplessGrinch Read continentals to learn to read continentals!2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@willdoingthings Suggested starting point for someone whose overriding impression of continentals is the Sokal affair?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@GrumplessGrinch Rota http://www.liceogiuliocesare.it/public/documenti/Rota_Phenomenology_Mathematical_Beauty.pdf … (I learned Heidegger from him in undergrad, he was a Serious Mathematician though)
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