Heidegger

In a message dated 8/16/2009 6:52:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jpolanik at nc.rr.com writes:
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allen scult wrote:
>jPolanik wrote:
>>allen scult wrote:
>>>The scandal of philosophy is that it is by, for and about
>>>philosophers– those who think, in the narrowest (in a certain sense)
>>>and most profound sense […]

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On 14/08/2009, at 1:12 PM, michaelP wrote:
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[Apologies to anyone getting duplicate copies. I first posted this about
2 days ago.]
allen scult wrote:
>jPolanik wrote:
>>allen scult wrote:
>>>The scandal of philosophy is that it is by, for and about
>>>philosophers– those who think, in the narrowest (in a certain sense)
>>>and most profound sense of the word.
>>the weakness of this […]

testing…

allen scult wrote:
>jPolanik wrote:
>>allen scult wrote:
>>>The scandal of philosophy is that it is by, for and about
>>>philosophers– those who think, in the narrowest (in a certain sense)
>>>and most profound sense of the word.
>>the weakness of this argument is that it falls apart entirely if one
>>translates “cogito; ergo, […]

So, Michael, where does that leave the thinker? Who (what) is he
apart from his thinking? Well, for one thing,of course he looks and
acts like everyone else, especially those who inhabit philosophy
departments, even those who study Heidegger, and most especially
himself. Like the Zen student who reaches enlightenment, nothing
apparently changes for the thinker, […]

Sounds like the consequences of being ‘object oriented’ (Piaget)(’guns’, grease, rails)
as such
cf  http://www.sk.com.br/sk-piage.html
How about ’sweet exhaust’? which is set to music…. John
________________________________ From: allen scult To: Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 1:47:02 PM Subject: Translating Descartes, Correction
Please disregard the gibberish following […]

Descartes most profound expression
had to do with the ‘clear and distinct idea’
implying that there is only one clear and distinct idea, ultimately.
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From: Joseph Polanik
To: Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
Cc: epistemology at yahoogroups.com; MoFPP at googlegroups.com; nominalism at yahoogroups.com; descartes at yahoogroups.com; analytical-indicant-theory at yahoogroup…
Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 11:38:50 AM
Subject: Translating […]

that is quite the scandal….philosophers thinking. Now really! How can I, How do I know?
John Foster
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From: allen scult
To: Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 12:15:06 PM
Subject: Re: The Question that Drives the Inquiry
The scandal of philosophy is that it is by, for and about
philosophers– those who […]