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    Isn't most of poetry the marriage of the two in...

    Isn't most of poetry the marriage of the two in metaphor? I've never heard of someone writing dry and literal philosophy, for example, or the discussion of a scientific finding in verse...and even if...
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    Following what Paul said about Eliot, I would...

    Following what Paul said about Eliot, I would imagine that Hart Crane might afford you something interesting. He tried to be more optimistic in his poetry than Eliot was but ended up committing...
  3. Informality is hardly paramount in this context....

    Informality is hardly paramount in this context. It's certainly not as egregious as using 4 in base 4, which is tantamount to using A as a numeral in base 10. That's certainly neither formal nor...
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    I'm not sure I entirely understand your post. Of...

    I'm not sure I entirely understand your post. Of course references frames must be chosen, and choosing a reference frame and sticking with it is fine; but calling that arbitrary choice "absolute" is...
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    If it's all relative, then stillness is got when...

    If it's all relative, then stillness is got when something is compared to itself. I am reminded of Newton's absolute space thought experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_space), which Mach...
  6. No, I meant to say number. In common use, using...

    No, I meant to say number. In common use, using "number" to refer to the "symbol" isn't incorrect...strictly speaking, yes, mathematical objects can only be the referents of such. If you really want...
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    Bear with me here.* Entanglement. If two...

    Bear with me here.*

    Entanglement. If two electrons which were created together are sent to the opposite edges of the universe, and one is somehow affected, then we can observe that the other is...
  8. Lit and lighted are both, more or less, correct...

    Lit and lighted are both, more or less, correct past participles of light, just like spelt and spelled, knelt and kneeled are both correct. Though, the hypercorrect would probably opt for lit,...
  9. I'm a bit confused. Or perhaps saying I'm not...

    I'm a bit confused. Or perhaps saying I'm not quite satisfied would be more accurate. You delineate one issue - that schools esteem literature unpragmatic and therefore neglect it - then almost...
  10. the number 4 doesn't exist in base 4, just like...

    the number 4 doesn't exist in base 4, just like the number 2 doesn't exist in base 2 (binary). but if it did it would equal 10, and 10 + 2 would be 12.
  11. The drinking age in America is 21 because...

    The drinking age in America is 21 because M.A.D.D. (mothers against drunk driving) lobbied for it a while back. I'm not sure what the exact arguments were, other than the generic ones, but I'm sure...
  12. Community college? at the age of 27? I give an...

    Community college? at the age of 27? I give an emphatic "Not worth it." The chances of you meeting anyone spectacular, professor or student, at a community college are nil.

    I think the people here...
  13. Poll: The ending is ambiguous, but one has to think...

    The ending is ambiguous, but one has to think about how teachers present the novel to the students, how they will characterize it as a dystopian novel, how they will ideologically load their comments...
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    I never suggested that the question "do right and...

    I never suggested that the question "do right and wrong objectively exist" would belong to epistemology, that would be idiotic. At any rate, I think saying that Epistemology deals with the properties...
  15. Poll: I was going to hoof it on over to the library,...

    I was going to hoof it on over to the library, but the comments so far have dissuaded me. All in all, the book seems like an attempt to indoctrinate children before they reach an age where they can...
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    Again, truth is a property of knowledge (or...

    Again, truth is a property of knowledge (or propositions, as you call them) which makes the question of "what is true," as Aristotle answers it, belong to epistemology. The definition is, again,...
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    You have misunderstood Aristotle, my friend. By...

    You have misunderstood Aristotle, my friend. By this definition Aristotle makes truth a property of knowledge (as things spoken can only convey ideas), which makes truth a wholly epistemological...
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    You mention modes of thought, so why not try A N...

    You mention modes of thought, so why not try A N Whitehead's Modes of Thought? You might not like its flavor as Whitehead can hardly be grouped with most of the "philosophers" you've listed (in fact...
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    You're going to encounter numerous problems with...

    You're going to encounter numerous problems with this thesis. The concepts are too broad, the words too ambiguous, and the things to which they refer too equivocal. As mentioned, the word nature and...
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    One is neither the cause nor the other the...

    One is neither the cause nor the other the effect, but in the broadest scope there exists a mutual or reciprocal dependence (a category of relation so often forgotten!). That both elements can shape...
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    Every good novelist understands in some way that...

    Every good novelist understands in some way that a portrait of evil is an essential precondition for a plot, as there needs to be an adversity--some antagonistic factor--which the protagonist must...
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    I've never read a lit textbook, but I see how it...

    I've never read a lit textbook, but I see how it could be useful. Insofar as primary texts go, those can be bought online from various sellers relatively cheaply, such as $0.99 USD + S&H (and stuff...
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    There is much deception, but a lie implies a...

    There is much deception, but a lie implies a truth, and the principle or principles by which lies are measured must also, then, be the principle by which truth is measured. What is this rule? That,...
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    I wouldn't call it discarding morality, but...

    I wouldn't call it discarding morality, but rather redefining the terms of morality (to say that discarding morality is "better" is to say that having morality itself is to some extent immoral, which...
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    Thank you for your kind comment. I do mean...

    Thank you for your kind comment.

    I do mean Penderecki the composer.

    Along with reality and identity problems, I made it a bit nonsensical or, at best, ambiguous, as to convey the effect the...
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