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Friend and foe philosophers!
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Friend and foe philosophers!

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Posted 09/17/09 - 04:24 PM: Subject: Friend and foe philosophers!	#1
I really should sleep now CET-wise! I keep thinking of these philosophers I should pursue in the future so it's best to get it all down on paper. Friends: Immanuel Kant - Service: Craftsmanship, deep thoughts, system, explication Rudolf Carnap - Service: System and program in Philosophy of Science Carl Hempel - Service: Sound descriptions in Philosophy of Science Karl Popper - Service: Falsification, sound work Maurice Merleau-Ponty - Service: Strengthening of Phenomenology Rene Descartes - Service: The showcase of meditation Thomas Aquinas - Service: Fine work in the attempt to prove God's existence Søren Kierkegaard - Service: Emphasis on ethics, morals, and life's important questions Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Service: Explication of the Monads theory, display of good work in matters of good and evil Gottlob Frege - Service: Great work in semantics, logic, and mathematics (much largely beyond my understanding at this point) Democritus - Service: Making such work that it's still good 2400 years later Euclid - Service: Classic work in geometry (should he be here?) Edmund Husserl - Service: Initiation of phenomenology, sound work (I need to know more about this guy, but he has the benefit of doubt) Jürgen Habermas - Service: Positive work, sound ethics Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein - Service: Important part of the Vienna Circle, some really good points Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Service: System, dialectic (I dont' know him well, but include him) Imre Lakatos - Service: Research Programmes in Philosophy of Science (damn, how could I keep forgetting him?) Foes: Willard Van Ormen Quine - Crime: Relative naturalism David Hume - Crime: Skepticism in Philosophy of Science Thomas Kuhn - Crime: Structured relativism in Philosophy of Science Friedrich Nietzsche - Crime: Power-fixation, myopic thinking, ie. rejection of logic Paul Karl Feyerabend - Crime: The anarcho-syndicate in Philosophy of Science (yes, you belong here!) Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem - Crime: Spreading doubts in Philosophy of Science (one that the Inquisition finds Heretic) Nelson Goodman - Crime: Fumbling with time-manipulation, relativist? George Berkeley - Crime: God's world-guarantee, futility, inexplicability, inefficiency I'll add more, definitely! This list is subject to revision. I still feel like a novice in philosophy even though I've been interested since 1998 (or a little earlier). There's so much smart thoughts to read! Edited by Aetixintro on 09/25/09 - 12:09 PM
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Posted 09/17/09 - 04:49 PM:	#2
Why can't we all just get along?
Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. -W.H. Auden

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Posted 09/17/09 - 04:49 PM:	#3
That's a bit of a mystery to me too, I'm afraid.

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Posted 09/17/09 - 04:51 PM:	#4
It's more like "foes". We can all play and party together after working hours! Peace and love!
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Posted 09/17/09 - 04:59 PM:	#5
You mean 'bros'? But 'hoes' would work in that context as well
Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. -W.H. Auden

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Posted 09/17/09 - 05:00 PM:	#6
What 'bros'? Deep friendship?
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Posted 09/17/09 - 07:42 PM:	#7
If you're into phenomenology, check out Karl Jaspers.
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Posted 09/17/09 - 11:02 PM:	#8
Checking him out... Edit: Added "Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Service: System, dialectic (I dont' know him well, but include him)" and still curious on others! Edited by Aetixintro on 09/22/09 - 07:21 AM
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Posted 09/23/09 - 11:28 PM:	#9
I've added: Friend: Imre Lakatos - Service: Research Programmes in Philosophy of Science (damn, how could I keep forgetting him?) Foe: Paul Karl Feyerabend - Crime: The anarcho-syndicate in Philosophy of Science (yes, you belong here!) Edit: Foe: Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem - Crime: Spreading doubts in Philosophy of Science (one that the Inquisition finds Heretic) Edit: Added two more foes Nelson Goodman - Crime: Fumbling with time-manipulation, relativist? George Berkeley - Crime: God's world-guarantee, futility, inexplicability, inefficiency I don't find that you people bother with this thread, why is that? Are you satisfied reading my list? Edited by Aetixintro on 09/25/09 - 12:10 PM
Efficacy of "for since it is at present manifest to me that even bodies are not properly known by the senses nor by the faculty of imagination, but by the understanding alone" - Descartes, Meditation II I'm always wanting more, Anything I haven't got, Everything, I want it all, I just can't stop - The Cure, Want

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