Geist Wagoner

@shanewag1

Philosophy major, (former) Co-Pres. of the Undergrad Philosophy Association @ UT-Austin, Churchill Scholar @ UT British Studies [He/Him]

Austin, TX
Joined December 2011

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    Jan 10

    Best summary of my Twitter account

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  2. 4 hours ago

    Just got pulled over for expired registration on my car and they patted me down, then searched my entire car... is that normal or did the philosophy major look just signal "I have weed in my car"?

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    I simply do not accept a situation where, in the richest country on Earth, our people are afraid to go to the emergency room when they are hurt or sick because they cannot afford the bill. That's got to change. We need Medicare for All.

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  4. Feb 1
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  5. Feb 1

    Request for serious takes on what Plato/Aristotle would think of contemporary analytic philosophy:

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  6. Feb 1

    No Nietzsche, you can't just make your own values. Jesus, why would you even think you could do that? What would it even mean?

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  10. Feb 1

    Priority Monism is when you think there's only one priority

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  11. Feb 1

    Scientific anti-realism for everything but germs

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  12. 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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    I’m struck how many of the Republican arguments against impeachment are arguments that the impeachment power itself is too divisive to use. All of these senators consider themselves “constitutional conservatives.” None of them are.

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    “He didn’t do it.” “Okay he did it, but it’s not abuse of power.” “Okay he did it and it’s abuse of power, but abuse of power isn’t impeachable.” “Okay he did abuse his power and abuse of power is impeachable, but let’s let him get away with it anyway, k?”

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    If we go on to cast a look at the fate of world historical personalities… we shall find it to have been no happy one

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    Regular person: i think philosophy is useless. Philosopher: that's a philosophical statement! Regular person: hmm good point. My job just called i need to go to work. Philosopher: god i wish that were me

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  17. Jan 30

    Unless someone gives me a very good reason, I'm in. I've been looking for this view for far too long. <3<3<3

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  18. Jan 30

    Transworld Depravity is a brilliant piece of philosophy, but damn is it depressing... just the idea that a perfect God desperately wanted to create a world where we freely chose to be good, but there weren't any and its literally our fault.

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  19. Jan 30

    The end of this paragraph tho

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  20. Jan 30

    Kids these days that laugh about their ignorance of Wittgenstein are embarrassing themselves and proud of it

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  21. Jan 30

    Thinking about becoming an Ontic Structural Realist. Any thoughts??

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