I rather like that one Gabbs, reading the message as philosophy has been dominated by a few carried away in one particular obsession. See your point, but one has to pay for part two, and this destroys my obsession with 'free'. No doubt I should send this message as a heartfelt fraternal message from my inner committee to that of yourself?
On 30 Sep, 10:40, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > I chose this one:http://www.philosophynow.org/issue47/47midgley.htm, > and wondered if the concept of epigenetics would have been installed > in the second part of her article. > > On 30 Sep., 02:26, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://www.philosophynow.org/selection > > Philosophy Now isn't bad for anyone who flirts with philosophy as I > > do. The above link takes you to some free articles. OK if you are in > > a certain kind of mood. > > > I was struck by someone footling about with post-postmodernism. > > Postmodernism was an unworthy genre that insisted we teach our > > students about the massive potentials of diversity and an insurrection > > of local knowledges whilst acting as the administrators of a bums- > > through-seats sausage factory academy in which higher education had > > become just another big business. We lied about caring as easily as a > > cosmetic advert and let standards drop so far a current degree is > > worth a lot less than a couple of A levels 30 years ago and we are > > churning out graduates who know less than the technicians running our > > labs. The guy seems to have caught up with this in 2006 and named it > > pseudo-modernism. Better late-than-neverism maybe? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
