On Sep 10, 2011, at 1:53 AM, Dan Glover wrote: > Hello everyone > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:46 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > > That's fine... then we have nothing to discuss. > > Dan
Hi Dan, No, sorry, the differences are not really a topic that interests me. But I did think you made some thoughtful points. Some other time maybe... 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
