Hi Marsha, Marsha said: 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.
Matt: I think I understood that this was your "different view," as you glossed as a reminder, which is why I spoke up when, having been pushed a little harder, you added, "My alternative view is that the differentiation between professional and amateur philosopher is just so much cultural clap-trap." I like your definition of a philosopher, but I didn't understand at the time why you fielded it as an alternative. Glossing the view that yours is an alternative to as "claptrap" seemed to me of the same kind of overstress that Plato committed by thinking that the important Good should be at the center of all discussion (enshrined as the Ultimate Form). What I couldn't understand was why interest in the distinguishing between amateur and professional didn't fall under your "at least some aspect of Reality" clause. That's why I responded that I wasn't attempting to dictate to people what they should be interested (read: curious) in. Matt 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
