Matt, Regardless of my disinterest in creating a distinction between amateur and professional philosopher, you should probably pursue your project until your curiosity is satisfied.
Marsha On Sep 13, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Matt Kundert wrote: > > 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 ___ 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
