Yeah, I'm thinking three steps ahead, when we decide that we want to become big tenters and take in all the squishy moderates. I have a tendency of putting the cart ahead of the horse, though.
I LOOOOOOVE Hume. I can't emphasize enough how well reasoned and fully encompassing his philosophy is. On Dec 2, 6:34 pm, "Dr. Ernie Prabhakar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ash & Billy, > > On Dec 2, 2011, at 1:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > A more modern analogy > > might be some mix of Hume, Voltaire, Condorcet, JS Mill, Hegel, and > > all that gang. But re-written by good journalists so that real people > > can understand this stuff. > > You mean like this guy? :-P > > Philosophy Brohttp://www.philosophybro.com/p/full-list.html > > Example: > > > G. W. F. Hegel's "Lordship and Bondage": A Summary > > Self-consciousness is a tricky motherf***. Like every other idea, it has to > > encounter its opposite before it can be complete. Why? Because otherwise, > > it's way too ***ing abstract. > > Or perhaps this: > > Three Minute Philosophyhttp://www.youtube.com/user/CollegeBinary > > Or maybe just him: > > Philosophy: Everything you need, in 5 > minuteshttp://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2010/philosophy-in-5-minutes/ > > Of course, I can't forget to mention my frenemies over at the Partially > Examined Life: > > http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/ > > That said, long-time readers will know that I've given up on philosophy and > moved on to zoasophy. :-) > > http://radicalcentrism.org/2011/10/21/zoasophy-re-engineering-philoso... > > In all seriousness, I do agree what we are doing is intended to be real-world > philosophy, but it is interesting to see how other people approach a similar > task > > Cheers. :-) > > -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
