Innes_K
@innes-k.bsky.social
Philosophy and Politics. Some rugby also.
𝕻𝔥𝖎𝔩𝖔𝔰𝖔𝔭𝖍𝔶 𝔦𝖘 𝖙𝔥𝖊 𝖍𝔦𝖘𝔱𝖔𝔯𝖎𝔬𝖌𝔯𝖆𝔭𝖍𝔶 𝔬𝖋 𝖒𝔢𝖙𝔞𝖕𝔥𝖎𝔩𝖔𝔰𝖔𝔭𝖍𝔦𝖊𝔰
𝕻𝔥𝖎𝔩𝖔𝔰𝖔𝔭𝖍𝔶 𝔦𝖘 𝖙𝔥𝖊 𝖍𝔦𝖘𝔱𝖔𝔯𝖎𝔬𝖌𝔯𝖆𝔭𝖍𝔶 𝔬𝖋 𝖒𝔢𝖙𝔞𝖕𝔥𝖎𝔩𝖔𝔰𝖔𝔭𝖍𝔦𝖊𝔰
The Tractatus is virtually Dada. It's an unintentional parody of logical demonstration.🤷
December 24, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The Tractatus is virtually Dada. It's an unintentional parody of logical demonstration.🤷
We had to take it in High school but I liked it. Good for understanding English (and other languages) and for experiencing original texts, but actually not helpful for style and composition in English.
December 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
We had to take it in High school but I liked it. Good for understanding English (and other languages) and for experiencing original texts, but actually not helpful for style and composition in English.
Think, by Simon Blackburn (OUP,1999) is a nice intro to major themes.
Doing Philosophy; a practical guide for students (Bloomsbury, 2013) is a sympathetic intro to practising philosophy
Philosophy (ed.) David Papineau (Duncan Baird Publishers, 2009) is a visually engaging text, and finely written.
Doing Philosophy; a practical guide for students (Bloomsbury, 2013) is a sympathetic intro to practising philosophy
Philosophy (ed.) David Papineau (Duncan Baird Publishers, 2009) is a visually engaging text, and finely written.
December 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Think, by Simon Blackburn (OUP,1999) is a nice intro to major themes.
Doing Philosophy; a practical guide for students (Bloomsbury, 2013) is a sympathetic intro to practising philosophy
Philosophy (ed.) David Papineau (Duncan Baird Publishers, 2009) is a visually engaging text, and finely written.
Doing Philosophy; a practical guide for students (Bloomsbury, 2013) is a sympathetic intro to practising philosophy
Philosophy (ed.) David Papineau (Duncan Baird Publishers, 2009) is a visually engaging text, and finely written.
You're shifting ground. Didn't say kill or sacrifice. Said exactly what I said. You think it is even in principle possible that the purpose of the universe - if it has one - is torturing babies with pliers and a blowtorch for fun? And is therefore good/right?
December 14, 2024 at 1:56 AM
You're shifting ground. Didn't say kill or sacrifice. Said exactly what I said. You think it is even in principle possible that the purpose of the universe - if it has one - is torturing babies with pliers and a blowtorch for fun? And is therefore good/right?
🤔 hmm. How about...torturing babies for fun with pliers and a blowtorch is wrong.
December 14, 2024 at 1:31 AM
🤔 hmm. How about...torturing babies for fun with pliers and a blowtorch is wrong.
Not an Either-Or choice 😉 IYKYK
December 11, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Not an Either-Or choice 😉 IYKYK
It's become a Resource-Curse. The govt can't stop subsidising it or the economy will fail and therefore the government cannot reform the economy because...etc.
The result is political paralysis, as is plain to see.
The result is political paralysis, as is plain to see.
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
It's become a Resource-Curse. The govt can't stop subsidising it or the economy will fail and therefore the government cannot reform the economy because...etc.
The result is political paralysis, as is plain to see.
The result is political paralysis, as is plain to see.
1. Hermeneutics is First Philosophy.
2. A state appropriate to 1.
3. No
4. No
5.Yes, including scientific truths.
6. Neither (Yeats, 'The Second Coming')
7. No/Yes
8. No
9. No
10. No, the world is an open system.
11. Not at all.
12. Truths can be substantive.
2. A state appropriate to 1.
3. No
4. No
5.Yes, including scientific truths.
6. Neither (Yeats, 'The Second Coming')
7. No/Yes
8. No
9. No
10. No, the world is an open system.
11. Not at all.
12. Truths can be substantive.
December 8, 2024 at 3:19 PM
1. Hermeneutics is First Philosophy.
2. A state appropriate to 1.
3. No
4. No
5.Yes, including scientific truths.
6. Neither (Yeats, 'The Second Coming')
7. No/Yes
8. No
9. No
10. No, the world is an open system.
11. Not at all.
12. Truths can be substantive.
2. A state appropriate to 1.
3. No
4. No
5.Yes, including scientific truths.
6. Neither (Yeats, 'The Second Coming')
7. No/Yes
8. No
9. No
10. No, the world is an open system.
11. Not at all.
12. Truths can be substantive.
Belief is a permanent structure of human consciousness, attendant on the search for truer beliefs (Thomas Reid, 1764); ambiguity is permanent condition (De Beauvoir, Ethics of Ambiguity, 1947).
Beauvoir is razor-sharp. It's just a pity about those girls she pimped for J-P.
Beauvoir is razor-sharp. It's just a pity about those girls she pimped for J-P.
December 8, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Belief is a permanent structure of human consciousness, attendant on the search for truer beliefs (Thomas Reid, 1764); ambiguity is permanent condition (De Beauvoir, Ethics of Ambiguity, 1947).
Beauvoir is razor-sharp. It's just a pity about those girls she pimped for J-P.
Beauvoir is razor-sharp. It's just a pity about those girls she pimped for J-P.
Tuning up for a Rumble...
December 8, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Tuning up for a Rumble...
Well, it's a brilliantly written book, as well as fascinating, so there's that 🤷♂️
December 8, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Well, it's a brilliantly written book, as well as fascinating, so there's that 🤷♂️
👍 Starmer has conceded failure already, imo. The growth target was the measure of success and it's already plainly impossible, hence the slew of new aims. UK political paralysis is founded on the inability to face endogenous inequality, i.e. the consequences of the neoliberal economic model 🤷🏻
December 8, 2024 at 11:24 AM
👍 Starmer has conceded failure already, imo. The growth target was the measure of success and it's already plainly impossible, hence the slew of new aims. UK political paralysis is founded on the inability to face endogenous inequality, i.e. the consequences of the neoliberal economic model 🤷🏻
👍 (I was also thinking of Kant, when he said Metaphysics was the queen of the sciences)
December 7, 2024 at 11:28 PM
👍 (I was also thinking of Kant, when he said Metaphysics was the queen of the sciences)
History is the queen of the sciences.
December 7, 2024 at 11:15 PM
History is the queen of the sciences.
Yes. God's infinite power includes the power to add attributes to itself inconceivable to human imagination, to eliminate the concept of power from memory and imagination in the years 1721-1723, to turn the earth into a blackwhite rabbit, to kill God, to resurrect bread-and-butter, to unsee me, etc.
December 6, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Yes. God's infinite power includes the power to add attributes to itself inconceivable to human imagination, to eliminate the concept of power from memory and imagination in the years 1721-1723, to turn the earth into a blackwhite rabbit, to kill God, to resurrect bread-and-butter, to unsee me, etc.
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Psychopathic traits are an evolutionary maladaption for fitness in consequence of neuroplasticity. They're notably present in politicians.
𝐸𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 (2022) Hunt, A., & Jaeggi, A.
Psychopathic traits are an evolutionary maladaption for fitness in consequence of neuroplasticity. They're notably present in politicians.
𝐸𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 (2022) Hunt, A., & Jaeggi, A.
December 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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Psychopathic traits are an evolutionary maladaption for fitness in consequence of neuroplasticity. They're notably present in politicians.
𝐸𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 (2022) Hunt, A., & Jaeggi, A.
Psychopathic traits are an evolutionary maladaption for fitness in consequence of neuroplasticity. They're notably present in politicians.
𝐸𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 (2022) Hunt, A., & Jaeggi, A.