On Sep 10, 2011, at 1:18 AM, Dan Glover wrote: > Hello everyone > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:42 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Dan, >> >> You make some very thoughtful points. But I think of a philosopher as >> someone who is curious about the nature of Reality, or at least some aspect >> of Reality, not necessarily someone who has an opinion about everything. >> RMP was certainly a philosopher. I think, also, of his example of William >> James becoming interested in the relationships between squirrel, tree and >> observer is an excellent example. Getting underneath the obvious becomes an >> obsession. > > Dan: > > I fail to see how this comports with my original post... David widened > the discussion from amateur philosophy to include other artists. It > was my intention to expand on the difference between the professional > vs the amateur in any artistic endeavor, including, though not > necessarily limited to, philosophy. I'm unsure if I made any good > points though I will take your word for it. > > Thank you, > > Dan
Dan, My alternative view is that the differentiation between professional and amateur philosopher is just so much cultural clap-trap. Marsha ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
