A&B--subjective-Objectiveness On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote:
> Playing with labels, Neil, if pushed to it, I might be inclined to > assign myself to the school of semi-haecceitists, as opposed to full- > blown haecceitists, anti-haecceitists, or moderate anti-haecceitists. > Of course, this is because, as an Irishman, I feel a certain affinity > with Duns Scotus (who may have been Irish and who, some claim, used to > be on the old Irish five pound note [although this was more likely > Scotus Eriugena]), and also because we could immediately put the split > as the first item on the agenda of the annual convention of > haecceitists, in good Irish political tradition! > > Semi-haecceitist, because I would, on the one hand reject anti- > haecceitism by acknowledging that the uniqueness of a given individual > is not reducible to the set of qualities it exemplifies; on the other > hand I would not accept the standard haecceitist position that > thisnesses are metaphysically primitive and unanalysable, rather that > they are deeply (perhaps infinitely) analysable in their richness - > but not, because of this very richness, comprehensively analysable. > Which would bring us back to Kantian postulations, involving such > ideas as, "Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without > concepts are blind," and the philosophical difficulties of going > beyond phenomenological horizons, etc. > > Which leads me to remember favourably anew my decision not to pursue > an academic career in philosophy and a renewed sympathy for Marx's > comment about the philosophers only interpreting the world, the point > being to change it. > > Now you know ... :-) > > Francis > > On 5 Dez., 16:10, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Haecceities Orn, lets confuse them with haecceities. > > -- > > 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]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
