Greetings,
Beautifully put David, and amen to that. I like your perspective a lot and take your point.
Platt. Anyone who denies the fact/value distinction must almost certainly consider that the 'primary
empirical reality of the world' is value. Clearly if one sees no ontological difference between
facts and values, and if one further thinks that we are capable of sensing, then one must concede,
in the absence of other candidates for primacy, that one senses values as the primary empirical
reality. The list of philosophers who fall into this category is very long indeed. Hegel, Shelling,
Heidegger, Iris Murdoch (my favourite as you might have guessed). . . . need I go on?
A lively discussion? Perhaps. Incidentally Platt, I would never think to call you unschooled. Your
contributions have always maintained a very high standard in all areas.
Struan
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purified in the process."
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