Ah, the return of Godzilla!It is good to hear some righteous existential outrage. Well said Chris and Wil. I do not think either of you swore or cursed. It...
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PoetCSW
Jan 4, 2007 11:11 pm
... We cannot control every post, from spam to links to external sites. What we can do is say, after the fact, that something should not be posted to this...
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PoetCSW
Jan 4, 2007 11:30 pm
I think one reason we have had existential "theists" or even scientists of great credentials accepting a theistic view is that we are still, very slowly,...
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Albert Dolley
i_am_albertd
Jan 5, 2007 12:49 am
Ah, but not "formidable" enough to stay ? Afraid of the students ? Give me a break... Personal attack... me, never. Albert. ... From: bhvwd To:...
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Joe Dumontelle
jadumontelle
Jan 5, 2007 5:39 am
Let me qualify what I mean that science can be a religion. I mean that science can be so, for a lack of a better term, worshipped that it becomes scientism....
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Joe Dumontelle
jadumontelle
Jan 5, 2007 5:41 am
As a theist I believe that science has a place in man's world. I don't believe that there should only be science though. I believe that science and religion...
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Joe Dumontelle
jadumontelle
Jan 5, 2007 6:49 am
You know some things just are, or they are discovered. Language is a difficult tool. In todays' world even language is polluted. For example, rationalism is...
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wsindarius
Jan 5, 2007 1:54 pm
[As far as I understand, rationalism has failed. Existentialism may live, but rationalism has failed. Rationalism is reasoning taken to the nth degree. With...
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 5, 2007 3:35 pm
I'm familiar with Dennett's work. What is your point? How do you define consciousness? Mary ... wrote: You know I find it preposterous that a book that came...
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 5, 2007 4:11 pm
One person's experience is another's reason to argue, but how can we argue about subjective experiences? Existentialism isn't about whether or not there are...
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Aija Veldre Beldavs
koneeo
Jan 6, 2007 2:41 pm
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Aija Veldre Beldavs
koneeo
Jan 6, 2007 3:27 pm
<One person's experience is another's reason to argue, but how can we argue about subjective experiences? Existentialism isn't about whether or not there are...
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Susan Schnelbach
stitchsds
Jan 6, 2007 4:04 pm
A sad commentary on the state of our educational system. - Susan ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 6, 2007 5:32 pm
Hi Susan, Overall, studies comparing the U.S. to other countries seem to buttress your statement, but there are also those wonderful exceptions which make a...
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Roy varghese Roy
royvargheseroy
Jan 7, 2007 7:00 pm
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royvargheseroy
Jan 7, 2007 7:12 pm
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Trinidad Cruz
cribprdb
Jan 7, 2007 9:09 pm
quite busy. but back and still somewhat alive. hello Lou and Mary and Bill. have to catch up this week on your latest. "why Christ you went away" tc...
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PoetCSW
Jan 8, 2007 4:09 am
I'm going to do what I can to place this is proper context, but no matter how one addresses these issues, there is always a risk of someone taking things as...
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wot53_2000
Jan 8, 2007 1:21 pm
CS this is one of the most thought out & interesting posts I have read in some time. One author I listened to on tape recently, added the the idea of idealism...
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Trinidad Cruz
cribprdb
Jan 9, 2007 3:35 pm
It's not a wash. Science is the accumulation of data attainable through the limits of human observation. Religion is dataless hypothesis with no intent to...
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wsindarius
Jan 9, 2007 3:47 pm
Well put. Wil ... From: cruzprdb@... To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 9:32 AM Subject: [existlist] Re: Existential Theists vs....
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 9, 2007 4:43 pm
Religious people are often labeled as space cadets, when in fact, scientists (especially amateur like me) can be called space cadets. The latter are interested...
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wsindarius
Jan 9, 2007 5:09 pm
It is all rather personal, I guess, but I have found that the "inner" exploration is best done without appeal to things otherworldly or phantasmatic. Why would...
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 9, 2007 5:24 pm
I'm sorry, not that* kind of inner space. Huxley was also friends with Timothy Leary. ... the "inner" exploration is best done without appeal to things ...
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wsindarius
Jan 9, 2007 5:50 pm
Oh.... Never mind.... ... From: agignesthai@... To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:22 AM Subject: [existlist] Re: another putting I'm...
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 9, 2007 6:02 pm
I also meant that scientists, such as those who do cognitive studies, are interested in those inner* spaces of the brain. Also, what about those who...
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wsindarius
Jan 9, 2007 6:23 pm
Dennett is a really nice guy. I met him once at an affair. But I am not very partial to "analytical" philosophy at all. I am pretty much on the continental...
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Trinidad Cruz
cribprdb
Jan 10, 2007 1:42 pm
Not quite sure of your point here, which is normal for me, but I suggest that meaning does not end, but rather, begins with the discovery of limitation. A...
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PoetCSW
Jan 10, 2007 9:24 pm
... "All the rage" now is more "pragmatic" -- students just want the diploma and some basic job skills. This goes back to the comparisons of 30 years or more...
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Mary
agignesthai
Jan 11, 2007 3:02 pm
And if you go back 40 years, the ratios would probably be even more extreme. Last evening, I was thinking about a book by David Maraniss, "They Marched Into...
