Re: MD Begging the Question, Moral Intuitions, and Answering the Nazi, Part III

From: abahn@comcast.net
Date: Tue Oct 21 2003 - 15:10:01 BST

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    Platt said,

    "I hope everyone notices Matt's attitude here. It boils down to, "If you
    don't understand what I'm saying, it's your fault."

    Problem is that most people have been able to follow Matt's line of thought. Only DMB and Platt seem to take his thoughts in completely new directions. Distorting and misrepresenting almost everything he and Rorty say. Matt still patiently (although with increasing frustration) goes on and attempts to clean up after both of their distortions. With Platt the result is predictable as he ignores all arguments and holds for dear life to his position that Truth is what results when you begin with his assumptions and proceed with logic from there. With DMB, after much headbanging and roundabouts, eventually he concedes a point and exclaims, "Well, duh! Isn't that obvious?" The only little people he is going through his thoughts line by line for are DMB and Platt. The rest of us grown-ups got it the first time.

    Couldn't control myself again,
    Andy

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