Languages evolve rather quickly, so what may have been true, say, twenty years ago, may not necessarily be true today. Also, how would one even go...
Are loanwords more common with English than with other languages? I've always gotten the impression that this is the case--it certainly seems to be...
Dennett is largely correct here, but I think that he is overlooking the fact that some will ignore certain so-called "advances" deliberately, and not...
With this whole notion of "fallibilism", it kinda seemed that CS Peirce was venturing into Ambrose Bierce or Mark Twain territory or something....
Context: Heidegger's Hand <<< (Apes on page 12.) An Interview with Jacques Derrida on the Limits of Digestion <<<
I was always a bit baffled by this. Foucault was just being Foucault, of course--plus he died in '84 and missed out on all the good stuff. But...
I think another factor here is that social sciences inhabit this uncomfortable space between so-called "hard sciences" and the humanities. Go too...
I always get a chuckle when people remark that they sometimes program in Assembly. I'm thinking: well, couldn't you take that even further...
There is something to this, but I am generally inclined to agree with Seattle here. Obscurantism isn't the aim (except in isolated instances--think...
Can't help but to think of Katie Britt's response to the SOTU here. Everyone is so focused on how bizarre and hilarious it was--I mean, I've watched...
Jesus, this thread really blew up while I was unconscious. (Not pertinent, but I have a "thing": I'm awake for days on end, perhaps getting an hour...
Check out Straw Dogs <<<. He's written a number of books since, but Straw Dogs is where he expounds upon this most thoroughly. And it's just a...
Yeah, there seems to be a rather strong tradition, both within "scientific communities" as well as "atheist communities", of pretending that this is...
In other circumstances, I might be somewhat more sympathetic here. All this "revenge" stuff and paranoia might suggest that this person has some...
Also: So, you couldn't just take my word for it? (emphasis mine--yet again.) You seriously need to work on your reading comprehension. I mean, I...
Ok, we're good to this point. But then... Go fuck yourself, James. You are a loathesome, petty and habitually dishonest little man. You really...
Certainly such eventualities need to be planned for, but it's just that: they are exceptionally rare. And I suspect that most people are well aware...
Personally, I think that the inevitable introduction of that preposterous scenario wherein a woman seeks an abortion one day prior to the intended...
Sigh. I don't know why, but I feel like I've also got to note this: OK. So, if I was unaware of this thread, how exactly is is that I post not...
Jesus Fucking Christ. From my first post--again: (emphasis mine. Again.) So how would I be unaware of a thread which I cite by name? Nope. I...
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