From: Ron Winchester (phaedruswolff@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2005 - 20:15:49 GMT
RON: I must come clean and tell you that I see all this attention to the
word as silly; as a knee jerk, emotional reaction. Otherwise, it is as Scott
offered
earlier -- reducing philosophy to a game. Either way, I see it as counter
productive to advancing your understanding.
RON: It appears that my usage of the word ‘Silly’ caused a knee-jerk
reaction.
Would this be because ‘Silly’ has some philosophical baggage I am unaware?
ERIN: Read (pronounce reed) the word silly in your context. It has nothing
to do with knee-jerk reactions to the word silly. Silly doesn't necessarily
have to be an attempt to belittle the value of a something. e.g. When I say
"Pee-Wee Big Adventure" and "Zoolander" are fun silly movies, it is clear I
mean silly as something of value. When I read (pronounce reed) the word in
your context I don't see anything but that.
Ron;
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted." (Groucho Marx)
I appreciate your not taking insult to the use of the word silly.
>From: Erin <macavity11@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>Subject: Re: MD Pure experience and the Kantian problematic
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:20:30 -0800 (PST)
>
>RON: I must come clean and tell you that I see all this attention to the
>word as silly; as a knee jerk, emotional reaction. Otherwise, it is as
>Scott offered
>earlier -- reducing philosophy to a game. Either way, I see it as counter
>productive to advancing your understanding.
>
> RON: It appears that my usage of the word ‘Silly’ caused a knee-jerk
>reaction.
>Would this be because ‘Silly’ has some philosophical baggage I am unaware?
>
>ERIN: Read (pronounce reed) the word silly in your context. It has
>nothing to do with knee-jerk reactions to the word silly. Silly doesn't
>necessarily have to be an attempt to belittle the value of a something.
>e.g. When I say "Pee-Wee Big Adventure" and "Zoolander" are fun silly
>movies, it is clear I mean silly as something of value. When I read
>(pronounce reed) the word in your context I don't see anything but that.
>
>
>
>
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