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Paul
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Posted 09/01/05 - 11:27 PM: Subject: September Newsletter	#1
------------------------------- Philosophy Forums Newsletter September 2005 ------------------------------- "For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered." - Ludwig Wittgenstein Welcome to the first Philosophy Forums newsletter. Such newsletters may or may not become a regular thing, perhaps monthly in a best case scenario. This is a trial run. The purpose is to highlight some of the better items you may not have noticed in casually browsing the site, and keep you up to date on community events. ------------------------------- Threads You May Have Missed ------------------------------- What drives appreciation of art? Is the value of art relative to culture? Does it require that we value the same things the artist valued? Notquitethere explores these questions in "Was the Autodidact in Sartre's 'Nausea' right about art?" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16271 Are Aristotle's laws of identity and non-contradiction necessary for thought, or are they merely on the same ground as the more complicated laws of logic? Are they prescriptive laws, rather than descriptive laws? How do we deal with statements which violate such basic laws? TecnoTut and others debate "Laws of Thought" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/15565 How do we know what other people are thinking or feeling, when we have no access to their minds? Stefan discusses the "Epistemology of psychology" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16273 with particular reference to Thomas Nagel's view. What role does simplicity play in determining truth? Monroe provokes discussion in "why simplicity?" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/15956 What is the origin of thought? Are all the things we can imagine recombinations of particulars which we've already experienced? Is thought an activity or a category of sorts? Techwins asks "What is called thinking?" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16217 Why do people behave altruistically? What could motive selflessness? Pyrite inquires about "The Idealists" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16087 Nietzsche calls free will a myth, but still uses a notion of freedom repeatedly. What is freedom to Nietzsche, and what sort of notion of determinism does he have? godot addresses "Nietzsche's Determinism" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16092 What is the picture theory of language? Select asks and others explain at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16267 ------------------------------- Article of the Month ------------------------------- How do relationships work? In what manner do we role-play in our lives to fit the societal expectations for the relationship at hand? Yahya examines the issues from sociological and psychological perspectives at http://articles.philosophyforums.com/link.php?id=25 ------------------------------- Online Text of the Month ------------------------------- "Relativity: The Special and General Theory" by Albert Einstein - http://www.bartleby.com/173/ This is the text of Einstein's book in which he explains relativity to the general curious-but-non-expert public. An accessible book, it allows the uninitiated to gain a better understanding of the ways in which relativity is and is not important to philosophy. ------------------------------- Link of the Month ------------------------------- Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy - http://www.ditext.com/encyc/frame.html This site offers quick access to articles from seven major online sources. Compare different takes on the same subjects, or just find the source that covers the subject you want. Note that the link of the month is selected from among those submitted to http://links.philosophyforums.com ------------------------------- Did You Know... ------------------------------- that you can use mathematical and logical symbols on Philosophy Forums, with either HTML entities or LaTeX codes? See http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/15975 for details. ------------------------------- Upcoming Events ------------------------------- Philosophy Forums Chat - September 17th, 12 PM Pacific Daylight Time (8 PM GMT) The topic is unassigned, it will consist of whatever the people who come are best prepared to discuss. All are welcome to come, the more who do the better test it will make for the scalability of the chat script. September Birthdays in Philosophy: Charles S. Peirce (September 10th, 1839), Rudolph Otto (September 25th, 1869), Hans Reichenbach (September 26th, 1891), Martin Heidegger (September 26th, 1889) September Birthdays in Philosophy Forums (counting only members active this year): Myth (22), sweetjouissance (23), OlyaD (19), Eureka (39), honestrosewater (23), plato3 (17), Joannes (18), Sabine (28), Klaatu (23), Ryuujin (19), abner_billionaire (27), Maroń (22), GreenFleshyFlower (18), TheReggular (19), Ored (22), love and reason (20), Apostate (30), Pendale (22), frenchie (33), zwiefecj (17), linanik (16), Lina (16), geoff23 (37), willem (21), Teenwolf (21), ThePragmatist9985 (20), Elegyr Menahel (29), karambos (34), Tatsumaru (19), valley girl (17), jk236 (20), pan (35), EntropicOrder (24), iamtheoverman (20), Nihilistic Locomotive (21), artimis entreri, cloud_sculptor (22), Hilde (33), Uberwench (29), Brentaroo (20), Humester (21), A Pathetic Person (15), Ubermensch (22), Cobra_coils_Mongoose (21), Friedrich Nietzsche (47), third_degree_burn (18), Rachel (30), Mark Sales (30), tiniwiel_saz (19), superfluous_nut (36), Irish2301 (25), GM_Wallace (36), unpretending (20), miss_illuminati (21), easyjacksn (29), NaiNoKumi, HomeGrown Thinker (19), MaxF (19), Antimakhos (27), unrealist42 (50), wellexcuseme (18), jayvius (27), Friedrich (105), Apollo33 (23), Mechanical Birds (20), debeau1966 (39), Illucid (25), captn (24), Ghost_Saint (21), Phobophile (19), InsertVulgarUsernameHere (16), the4thamigo_uk (30), Perpetual Dawn (17), J Sharpe (61), Jay1962 (43), Wordbane (21), Dont Know (24), m+ms (20), Rhinoqulous (28), kel (17), Stark (21), Super_Fr33k (20), fantasy pony (31), paulend (24), Tabletofscience (23), robert4167 (19), Kyrie (20) ------------------------------- Parting Comments ------------------------------- Thanks for reading the Philosophy Forums newsletter. If you have any comments about this issue, ideas for future issues, or would like to volunteer to write all or part of a future issue, please get in touch with Paul. You may do so via the PM system, a reply to the archived copy of this newsletter in the feedback forum, or other means. Edited by Paul on 09/01/05 - 11:45 PM

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Posted 09/02/05 - 12:14 AM:	#2
I like it.

Timothy
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Posted 09/02/05 - 08:11 AM:	#3
Nice. It would be great if it were a mothly series. You could relegate some of the work to dreamweaver, and even to some mods. But I like the idea.
""Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump." W.V.O. Quine

notquitethere
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Posted 09/02/05 - 09:32 AM:	#4
Good way of highlighting upcoming events and interesting threads.
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Posted 09/04/05 - 05:44 PM:	#5
It woke me from my dogmatic slumber.
"With no relation to class or social background, whether it suits them or not, people yearn for a dream. Sustained by a dream, hurt by a dream, revived by a dream, killed by a dream. And even after being abandoned by a dream, it continues to smolder from the bottom of one's heart... probably until the verge of death. A man should envision such a lifetime once. A life spent as a martyr to the god named "dream." - Kentaro Miura

Paul
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Posted 10/10/05 - 10:55 PM: Subject: October Issue	#6
------------------------------- Philosophy Forums Newsletter October 2005 ------------------------------- "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." - Umberto Eco ------------------------------- Threads You May Have Missed ------------------------------- What's the role of philosophy in the modern world? Eleanna brings up the question and many offer their views at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16525 JHBowden provides a critique of Kuhn's influential "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16644 Is David Lewis' counterpart theory valid? Morrandir argues against it at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16748 Moonlight delves into logic problems in ontology at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16860 What's the scope of epistemic logic, and does the answer affect Nozick's position on the KK-axiom? Stefan inquires at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16377 Danhalen asks "What is virtue?" at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16743 Is it possible to talk meaningfully about objective truth, or is objective truth semantically incoherent? Nosos favors the latter at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16857 Let WhiteSpec help you prepare for the next zombie outbreak at http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/16463 ------------------------------- Article of the Month ------------------------------- In the philosophy of time, we commonly find presentists pitted against eternalists. The latter view proposes that time is simply one dimension in a four dimensional world. The former view asserts that only the present exists (which, while self-evident when using the present tense, involves a refutation of any proposed untensed sense). The arguments on each side are weighed in "Modeling Time: Presentism and the Block Universe" at http://articles.philosophyforums.com/link.php?id=11 ------------------------------- Online Text of the Month ------------------------------- "Beyond Experience" by Norman Swartz Professor Swartz describes metaphysics as that which is beyond experience. He covers all the major issues in very readable style at http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/beyond_experience/ , where the book can be downloaded free in HTML or PDF formats. ------------------------------- Link of the Month ------------------------------- The Couch - http://www.thecouchforum.com A small, relaxed community for philosophy and the arts. Debate philosophical issues, put a philosophical take on a non-philosophical issue, or share your writings, paintings, and other artistic creations to get feedback. ------------------------------- Did You Know... ------------------------------- that you can display attached images inline? When you attach an image named blah.jpg to your post, you can use [image]blah.jpg[/image] at a place within the post where you want it displayed. You can make use of this feature to include visual aides in various places throughout your post. ------------------------------- Upcoming Events ------------------------------- October Birthdays in Philosophy: Richard Rorty (October 4th, 1931), Niels Bohr (October 7th, 1885), Friedrich Nietzsche (October 15th, 1844), Michel Foucault (October 15th, 1926), A.J. Ayer (October 29th, 1910) October Deathdays in Philosophy: Gilbert Ryle (October 6th, 1976), Charles Hartshorne (October 9th, 2000), Ludwig von Mises (October 10th, 1973), Pierre Gassendi (October 24th, 1655), Alfred Tarski (October 26th, 1983), John Locke (October 28th, 1704) October Birthdays in Philosophy Forums (counting only active members): montand (24), Evan (15), lOrdsQuirReL (23), Kill your TV (19), Wax (25), Bumpbert (18), Akara (19), vague (19), Mihaly88 (17), Akiba (20), wobbysobbyazn (18), KagomJack (18) October Deathdays in Philosophy Forums: Unreported so far. ------------------------------- Parting Comments ------------------------------- Thanks for reading the Philosophy Forums newsletter. If you have any comments about this issue, ideas for future issues, or would like to volunteer to write all or part of a future issue, please get in touch with Paul. Edited by Paul on 10/10/05 - 11:02 PM

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Posted 11/08/05 - 04:41 AM:	#7
I've started reading 'Beyond Experience' by Norman Swartz. It's quite accessable.
"Do not play tennis unless you can prance about daintily on the court"- Nina Farewell [1953] www.danglercomic.com -Doesn't everyone have a webcomic nowadays?

Timothy
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Posted 11/08/05 - 08:51 AM:	#8
Isn't it time already for the November Newsletter?
""Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump." W.V.O. Quine

Paul
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Posted 11/08/05 - 12:53 PM:	#9
Sometime this month, I believe.

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Posted 11/08/05 - 01:48 PM:	#10
The first letter was posted on the 2nd of September. The second letter was posted here on the 11th of October. It is the 8th of November. I think it is reasonable that the letter appears by the ides of November (the 13th), but as reasonable people, we won't mind if it is a little later! Edited by notquitethere on 11/08/05 - 01:59 PM. Reason: nomological dangler
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