Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt then asked: > > How do you "grade" intellectual quality other than subjectively, like > paintings > in an art gallery? > > Ant McWatt replied: > > Ideally, in the same way you deal with the accused in a court of law. > > Platt then asked June 11th: > > What's the charge? > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Whatever you like. It's the establishing of facts (i.e. the highest quality > truths) on the basis of evidence and evaluating them by applying strict > mathematical logic which is the critical concern here. So if you're dealing > with a "witness" (to the truth of a matter) such as Rush Limbaugh, I would > highly doubt he has the same concern of world peace and understanding as > F.S.C. Northrop did or an equally thorough research background to underpin > his opinions. > > As William James once (supposedly) said: "A great many people think they are > thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
Equally true of philosophers, scientists and political commentators. All marshal their arguments to support their premises, as indeed you did in your MOQ thesis. Best regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
