tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post3628001988914626761..comments2023-06-09T14:31:42.016+01:00Comments on Philosophy Metametablog: August Lost TrustPhilosophy Metametabloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323470189556733345noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-12086266178013327342015-09-01T13:06:52.421+01:002015-09-01T13:06:52.421+01:00It reminds me of a pretzel. (To answer it: I'm...It reminds me of a pretzel. (To answer it: I'm not, sorry.)<br /><br />Don't put any furniture through a window, 2:59. Windows are only for the violent dismissal of insubordinate electronics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-82065844443719738342015-09-01T10:59:25.306+01:002015-09-01T10:59:25.306+01:00something about the way you put that question make...something about the way you put that question makes me want to put furniture through a window. not sure if anyone else will concur but i thought i'd report my experienceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-70081473371839096342015-09-01T10:11:27.976+01:002015-09-01T10:11:27.976+01:00Is anyone aware of treatments of Hegel's absol...Is anyone aware of treatments of Hegel's absolute idealism comparable in spirit and stature to Michael Friedman's treatment of Kant's transcendental idealism? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-5156418084628433922015-09-01T06:17:11.187+01:002015-09-01T06:17:11.187+01:00This was a cool, and informative, response. Thanks...This was a cool, and informative, response. Thanks for writing it.<br /> <br />(Hi, I'm 11:25 and not only do I enjoy the phrasing of, "Since life is short and philosophy is long," but I am also glad that I'm not the only one who thought Lacan was a pain. Were my classmates back in the day pretending too? We really were all assholes.)<br /><br />(It's not a foreign idea to me that people would pretend to understand more, and more easily, than they really understand. I just hadn't reflected on Lacan in that light.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-43928872172155885182015-09-01T04:15:32.496+01:002015-09-01T04:15:32.496+01:00Not into Basketball 6:41? Not into Basketball 6:41? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-13790117459050601242015-09-01T02:41:59.221+01:002015-09-01T02:41:59.221+01:00"Why did he leave Syracuse?"
The questi..."Why did he leave Syracuse?"<br /><br />The question answers itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-58422764783194432852015-09-01T02:35:56.975+01:002015-09-01T02:35:56.975+01:00i can attest to callous and destructive actions to...i can attest to callous and destructive actions toward low status women in the profession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-80433789286320832282015-09-01T02:13:46.106+01:002015-09-01T02:13:46.106+01:00Leiter loves to link to news items by linking firs...Leiter loves to link to news items by linking first to his shitty-ass law blog and only then to the news item itself. It's like citing someone else by first citing a footnote of your own from another paper that cites the person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-7949700974951698952015-09-01T02:11:31.744+01:002015-09-01T02:11:31.744+01:003:49, have you ever been to Syracuse? Probably bec...3:49, have you ever been to Syracuse? Probably because of the snow.<br /><br />5:01, we have no evidence at all to support your charge that 3:49 was making vague insinuations that ES did something sleazy. But we have excellent evidence that you're into REALLY into hyperbole- which boarders on the abusive. :/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-9736315890557728522015-09-01T02:07:38.628+01:002015-09-01T02:07:38.628+01:00Oh, right. There's that harm/utility asymmetry...Oh, right. There's that harm/utility asymmetry. Well, I don't really buy the asymmetry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-62296594558778299942015-09-01T01:01:28.924+01:002015-09-01T01:01:28.924+01:003:49 etc.: we have no evidence at all to support y...3:49 etc.: we have no evidence at all to support your vague insinuations that ES did something sleazy. But we have excellent evidence that you're a piece of shit human being.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-22164771746888486962015-09-01T00:55:11.052+01:002015-09-01T00:55:11.052+01:00Maybe, but does the argument directly depend eithe...Maybe, but does the argument directly depend either on parental expectation or on just the chances of one's own children's happiness?<br /><br />1. I expect my children to have a medium to high degree of happiness, while allowing a small risk that I can be very wrong, and they might be moderately to severely unhappy. If I have them, there's a chance of harm, if I don't there's no harm, and no existing person deprived of possible happiness. So the better choice is not to.<br /><br />2. Even if I knew my children would be happy, I don't know if they will cause unhappiness to others, or to what degree, or whether their descendants will be happy. In addition, I can say with near certainty that if they have a long line of descendants, some will be unhappy. So, I can avoid happiness to others via my children by not having any, and in doing so I don't deprive them of anything, since they don't exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-50856958890446937352015-09-01T00:13:56.774+01:002015-09-01T00:13:56.774+01:00Anti-natalism just seems overly general to me. Mos...Anti-natalism just seems overly general to me. Most parents who have children in a planned manner, I think, more or less expect their children to be happy on net. So the empirical premise is just not there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-20972732402282385352015-08-31T23:52:57.703+01:002015-08-31T23:52:57.703+01:00I notice DN took a casual swipe at anti-natalism i...I notice DN took a casual swipe at anti-natalism in its Heap of Link section. <br /><br />I'm wondering: does that imply that many philosophers don't take it seriously? It always struck me as one of those arguments that people mainly reject because it's unpalatable, like arguments against the existence of God.<br /><br />So, anyone here think anti-natalist arguments are any good? If not, anyone have a quick summary of the best arguments against?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-62087713547674080592015-08-31T23:49:03.923+01:002015-08-31T23:49:03.923+01:00Why did he leave Syracuse?Why did he leave Syracuse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-3348765244179891322015-08-31T23:39:21.289+01:002015-08-31T23:39:21.289+01:00Not defamation per se according to this:
http://i...Not defamation per se according to this:<br /><br />http://injury.findlaw.com/torts-and-personal-injuries/what-is-defamation-per-se-.html<br /><br />By contrast, what Jenkins said probably was defamation per se.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-88314205591716046362015-08-31T22:33:40.780+01:002015-08-31T22:33:40.780+01:00Twitter is fun, who doesn't want to make an as...Twitter is fun, who doesn't want to make an ass of themselves on a daily basis in a way that they can't in real life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-83440315225122938062015-08-31T22:21:59.208+01:002015-08-31T22:21:59.208+01:00Hi Eric!Hi Eric!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-58333308350409402062015-08-31T22:03:43.747+01:002015-08-31T22:03:43.747+01:00This is an idiotic thread.This is an idiotic thread.Cire Tonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-18642379656541501102015-08-31T22:01:41.484+01:002015-08-31T22:01:41.484+01:00That's defamation per se 1:28!!!!That's defamation per se 1:28!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-16522991549911624822015-08-31T22:00:04.117+01:002015-08-31T22:00:04.117+01:00He's on dissertation committees with her, so m...He's on dissertation committees with her, so must know her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-29316525923902495122015-08-31T21:28:27.950+01:002015-08-31T21:28:27.950+01:00Ah. Thanks. But Leiter isn't in the philosophy...Ah. Thanks. But Leiter isn't in the philosophy department at UC, so he's not technically a colleague of Vogler's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-47605727552789900982015-08-31T20:49:36.293+01:002015-08-31T20:49:36.293+01:00I gave him a pretty prolonged, determined try a lo...I gave him a pretty prolonged, determined try a long time ago and decided that in the end it wasn't worth the trouble, but not a total waste of time.<br /><br />I often disagree with specific charges of obscurantism about continental figures, but I think the case against Lacan is pretty strong. There are some plausible and interesting ideas to be found in his work, but you can find something similar from other sources. <br /><br />I often feel like it's just Freud, Hegel, and Sartre translated into an eccentric and unnecessary jargon, while twisted a bit to make Lacan look more original than he is. Since life is short and philosophy is long, I'd recommend that most read the former instead--they won't miss out on that much. (And Hegel, for one, is bad enough of a writer, no need for a more inscrutable version!)<br /><br />Back when I was trying to make sense of him, I found the secondary literature not very helpful, but that was 10 years ago, maybe it has improved. I recall one helpful secondary source: Juliet Mitchell's introductions to "Feminine Sexuality: Jacques Lacan and the ecole freudienne." They were unusually clear and to the point.<br /><br />Those curious about Lacan might try those nice introductory articles, and see from there if it's worth the extraordinary interpretive pain of reading Lacan himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-90404472099786533392015-08-31T20:49:32.996+01:002015-08-31T20:49:32.996+01:00To me everthing, and I mean everything about the M...To me everthing, and I mean everything about the Magness/ Brennan gang is obnoxious and mean-spirited and vulgar. And that they are now in a "rematch" with their "enemies" the "madjuncts" on a blog I am suppose to take seriously does nothing to make me think better of them. They get to act like academic rock stars because they write for the wannabe libertarian youth. They get to act like rich guys (when they are not) because the adjuncts make so little. I think this means they need adjuncts to be underpaid (they truly are a. given what they generate in income for universities, underpaid and b. it is a kind of fraud that students and parent do not realize classes get taught for 3000 a pop). The Slate writer's critique of Brennan is that he is trying to make this personal instead of face the facts of a. and b. etc. ADD to it that he is punching down and... I know it isn't a big deal of the scheme of things, but he has none of my respect. Still no big deal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355563160992600607.post-50419402824216010372015-08-31T20:39:44.158+01:002015-08-31T20:39:44.158+01:00After yesterday's comments, I wrnt and looked ...After yesterday's comments, I wrnt and looked at some of this "madjunct" stuff, and saw some silly meme with an adjunct column and a madjunct column. I guess it was nice that I fell mostly in the "adjunct" column- although, I don't have a book deal... :/. But talk about mean and childish! It's some weird stuff! But I'm sorry, paying adjuncts to teach university-level courses less than camp counselors are paid to make macaroni necklaces (which is also important! No knockin' the early childhood folks), is not going to end well. Quality people will leave academia, and universities will produce lower quality workers. <br /><br />Ugh... Whatever. I'm going to go write stuff now so that maybe I can improve my chances of getting a real job. Later.11:39 = 12:25noreply@blogger.com