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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:04 pm

AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by colubridae » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:08 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.

Why?
I have a well balanced personality. I've got chips on both shoulders

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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Pappa » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:10 pm

colubridae wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.

Why?
Because they're nasty buggers and they like getting you.
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:12 pm

Pappa wrote:
colubridae wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.

Why?
Because they're nasty buggers and they like getting you.
Because they are obsessed with mental wanking. They want EVERYTHING to be under the umbrella of philosophy so they can be the lords of creation, as far as I can tell.
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by colubridae » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:14 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Pappa wrote:
colubridae wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.

Why?
Because they're nasty buggers and they like getting you.
Because they are obsessed with mental wanking. They want EVERYTHING to be under the umbrella of philosophy so they can be the lords of creation, as far as I can tell.
Why? :hehe:
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Robert_S » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:56 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.
philosophy is larval science.
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by AnInconvenientScotsman » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:28 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Pappa wrote:
colubridae wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:I've just started a Philosophy course at Glasgow uni and to be honest it sounds like a load of pish.

"Is the chair really there?" "Are you actually a slug's dream?"

WHAT THE FUCK?
EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY. REMEMBER THAT OR THE THOUGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU.

Why?
Because they're nasty buggers and they like getting you.
Because they are obsessed with mental wanking. They want EVERYTHING to be under the umbrella of philosophy so they can be the lords of creation, as far as I can tell.
Where art thou premises? :nono:
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by Robert_S » Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:43 pm

What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: fauxlosophy...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:41 am

AnInconvenientScotsman wrote:Where art thou premises? :nono:
Oh, so you want me to debate on the terms of philosophy? Isn't that like debating a theist and conceding up front that God exists?
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Post by LaMont Cranston » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:40 am

I agree with Coito ergo sum that "we do not have to use fancy language" to engage in fauxlosophical thought or discussions. If anything, those people who try to impress others with being oh-so-heavy, more fauxlosophical than thou, are usually just trying to impress the impressionable with their bullshit heavioscity. Complex idea and great truths can be espressed in simple terms (i.e. "I think, therefore I am").

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Post by Trolldor » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:47 am

Philosophers like to take credit for the 'how' question, when all they ever ask is 'why' - or even worse, 'why not'?

The question is not 'how did we come to be?'

It is 'why did we come to be' or 'why not consider we're the subconscious projection of tree rot'
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:26 am

LaMont Cranston wrote:I agree with Coito ergo sum that "we do not have to use fancy language" to engage in fauxlosophical thought or discussions. If anything, those people who try to impress others with being oh-so-heavy, more fauxlosophical than thou, are usually just trying to impress the impressionable with their bullshit heavioscity. Complex idea and great truths can be espressed in simple terms (i.e. "I think, therefore I am").
And so we can flush the majority of fauxlosophers right down the toilet. Their convoluted "thinking about thinking", unfortunately, has achieved cult status. And people are afraid to challenge the cult because of the vicious attacks launched by the True Believers whenever anyone dares to do so.
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Re: fauxlosophy...

Post by klr » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:27 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
LaMont Cranston wrote:I agree with Coito ergo sum that "we do not have to use fancy language" to engage in fauxlosophical thought or discussions. If anything, those people who try to impress others with being oh-so-heavy, more fauxlosophical than thou, are usually just trying to impress the impressionable with their bullshit heavioscity. Complex idea and great truths can be espressed in simple terms (i.e. "I think, therefore I am").
And so we can flush the majority of fauxlosophers right down the toilet. Their convoluted "thinking about thinking", unfortunately, has achieved cult status. And people are afraid to challenge the cult because of the vicious attacks launched by the True Believers whenever anyone dares to do so.
:what: That sounds like philosophy talk to me. :mob:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:29 am

klr wrote:
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LaMont Cranston wrote:I agree with Coito ergo sum that "we do not have to use fancy language" to engage in fauxlosophical thought or discussions. If anything, those people who try to impress others with being oh-so-heavy, more fauxlosophical than thou, are usually just trying to impress the impressionable with their bullshit heavioscity. Complex idea and great truths can be espressed in simple terms (i.e. "I think, therefore I am").
And so we can flush the majority of fauxlosophers right down the toilet. Their convoluted "thinking about thinking", unfortunately, has achieved cult status. And people are afraid to challenge the cult because of the vicious attacks launched by the True Believers whenever anyone dares to do so.
:what: That sounds like philosophy talk to me. :mob:
Evidently, so does "I need a poo." :coffee:
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Re: Philosophy...

Post by dt_busse » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:15 am

"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."
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