On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:49 AM, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As to Sam,.. Your apparent > materialism in a conference on epistemology tends to limit the > conversation though.
I'm not sure what you refer to, but I've noted the inclination of many to regard reality as made up only of tangible matter, while they at the same time regard facts as made up only of intangible words. When I speak of reality, they'll call me materialist, but when I give facts, they'll suddenly call me deconstructionist. They create boxes in order to accuse others of being limited, while shamelessly putting the same person in two different boxes, each time arguing that the person was limited to one box only. Moreover, they are blind to the inconsistencies between the boxes they use. As I said, I like to start with the facts, on the assumption that it's a given that the facts are real. We may not like reality and the facts as we face them, and this may well drive one to make efforts to change things, but the point is that we start with the facts. Cheers! Sam Carana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
