[Nevuk]

Hume is always good for a laugh

[x togepi x]

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Yes.

why? that blows my mind. his writing style is so terrible.

[Jason Tate]

Originally Posted by x togepi x

why? that blows my mind. his writing style is so terrible.

His writing style isn't what I like.

[cantnokdahustle]

Originally Posted by Nevuk

Hume is always good for a laugh

Hume is like the Joker. He just wanted us all to run around screaming. He wasn't the All Destroyer, but he was as close as we'll get.

[patpratt]

I have to write a paper later. Someone want to give me an argument as to why the human person is a non-essentialist?

[cantnokdahustle]

Originally Posted by patpratt

I have to write a paper later. Someone want to give me an argument as to why the human person is a non-essentialist?

Sarte's Existence before Essence is the first that comes to mind.

[oldwirehands]

Slavoj Žižek I don't think has been mentioned yet. My friend and some other people have been recommending Alan Watts to me. I haven't been in the mood to really read anything philosophy/psychology related in a long time. Freud has fucked me up this year.

Originally Posted by atticus1492

Read fucking Schopenhauer.

You haven't read philosophy until you have read that German prick.

lol His take on women and noise is hilarious.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Kant, Sartre, Nietzsche, Foucalt, Bertolacci, Aristotle, Voltaire.

Probably the order I'd put my favorites in ...

One of my favorite for sure. If you haven't seen the BBC series Human All Too Human yet, you should check it out. Look it up on google vids.

[patpratt]

Originally Posted by cantnokdahustle

Sarte's Existence before Essence is the first that comes to mind.

If you were to put that in argument form, how would that go?

P1:
P2:
C:

[Nevuk]

Isn't Slavoj Zizek also known as Hakim Bey?

[Nevuk]

Originally Posted by cantnokdahustle

Hume is like the Joker. He just wanted us all to run around screaming. He wan't the All Destroyer, but he was as close as we'll get.

Haha, even Hume didn't come close to touching the outlines of pyrrhonism as far as self-destroying everything.

[cantnokdahustle]

Originally Posted by patpratt

If you were to put that in argument form, how would that go?

P1:
P2:
C:

I first should have asked you to clarify your question. Are you asking if there is no essential quality to being a human person? I.E. That all qualities that make up a human being are contingent. If so, then I would have to ask if you are speaking entirely in terms of metaphysics? Vis-a-vis a the utilitarian arguments of Marginal Cases. Though, I think it is quite clear that if you bring material matter into the conversation, it's a damned near impossible task.

So, please clarify. Also, What year are you? I can't imagine too many professors asking non majors to provide a logical proof in their paper. I mean, not so many philosophical works include logical proofs, unless of course they are just a ridiculous beast like Quine.

[x togepi x]

i don't know, i've had some professors who expect arguments ground in formal logic, even if they don't have to throw out a specific proof, it might be helpful to see the premises and the conclusion so that you could write a paper.


fucking pain in the ass writing a paper in ecrite feminine style and worrying about the teacher complaining about the lack of logic.

[cantnokdahustle]

Originally Posted by x togepi x

i don't know, i've had some professors who expect arguments ground in formal logic, even if they don't have to throw out a specific proof, it might be helpful to see the premises and the conclusion so that you could write a paper.

Agreed it is nice, but is he seriously asking for a proof of Sarte's Existence before Essence?

I mean, I can think of a syllogism, but it is going to be ridiculously question begging.

[x togepi x]

i interpreted his asking for a proof as another way of asking why rather than expecting it to be used as a proof, but maybe i'm off.

[humanafterall]

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Camus. I haven't read anything from him in a long time.

Titus Andronicus actually named a song after him. It's the last song on their debut. I'd recommend the whole album to anyone.