Re: MD Making sense of it (levels)

From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 12 2003 - 15:17:04 GMT

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    Hi Matt (or DMB),

    Is there a date for when that companion was written? Quinton wasn't a
    philosophy teacher at Trinity when I was there (89-92), and I'm pretty sure
    he hasn't joined since. That would reveal something about his conceptions if
    nothing else.

    Sam

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Matt the Enraged Endorphin" <mpkundert@students.wisc.edu>
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    Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:45 PM
    Subject: RE: MD Making sense of it (levels)

    > Sam, DMB,
    >
    > The Oxford Companion to Philosophy:
    > "The shortest definition, and it is quite a good one, is that philosophy
    > is thinking about thinking. ...
    >
    > Sam asked:
    > Firstly - who wrote the article? That might be revealing.
    >
    > DMB says:
    > I don't have the Oxford Companion with me today and can't tell you who
    wrote
    > the article. But I hardly think it makes a difference.
    >
    > Matt:
    > The writer of the definition was "The Rt. Hon. Lord Quinton" from Trinity
    > College, Oxford. And of course it matters who wrote it (though I couldn't
    > tell you a damn thing about Lord Quinton) because defining philosophy is
    > contested metaphilosophical space. The winners of this space decided
    who's
    > doing philosophy and who isn't. That's a powerful ability.
    >
    > Matt
    >
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