tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post7161029252266909607..comments2024-03-29T07:52:59.883-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: The early Wittgenstein on scientismEdward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-56683016893409251092010-06-06T09:06:24.039-07:002010-06-06T09:06:24.039-07:00hype:
At your indirect behest, I found a streami...hype: <br /><br />At your indirect behest, I found a streaming copy of Session 9 online but it was the slowing feed in the world so I only managed to watch the first 25 minutes or so. But it's good! (I stopped at the part when the guy goes downstairs to check the circuit breakers and the new kid stays upstairs on account of his fear of the dark.)Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-78403852526821550222010-06-06T09:03:44.209-07:002010-06-06T09:03:44.209-07:00It's up there with the Witt. anecdote* Harry F...It's up there with the Witt. anecdote* Harry Frankfurt discusses in his little gem of a book, On Bullshit, but so much more delicious. Witt. was a disaffected Austrian aristocrat and never got over either: his aristocracy or his dissatisfaction with his aristocracy. ;)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.swans.com/library/art11/cmarow21.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.swans.com/library/art11/cmarow21.html</a>*: <br /><br />"There is a long digression in the middle of the treatise which is triggered by an anecdote related by Fania Pascal who, shortly after having her tonsils removed, was visited by her friend Wittgenstein in a nursing home. Asked how she felt, Pascal croaked: "I feel just like a dog that has been run over." Wittgenstein, with some disdain, replied; "You don't know what a dog that has been run over feels like."Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-44473603000521453982010-06-05T10:40:34.392-07:002010-06-05T10:40:34.392-07:00Yes, Codge, that's a classic!Yes, Codge, that's a classic!Edward Feserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-62939417252140192232010-06-05T05:01:20.358-07:002010-06-05T05:01:20.358-07:00I know, it's pretty rich. ;)I know, it's pretty rich. ;)Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-85527831589561279732010-06-05T03:21:29.071-07:002010-06-05T03:21:29.071-07:00"When, in the 'twenties, Russell wanted t..."When, in the 'twenties, Russell wanted to establish, or join, a 'World Organization for Peace and Freedom' or something similar, Wittgenstein rebuked him so severely, that Russell said to him: 'Well, I suppose you would rather establish a World Organization for War and Slavery', to which Wittgenstein passionately assented: 'Yes, rather that, rather that!'"<br /><br />Thanks for this story, Codgitator. It's been making me laugh for two days now.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-28663315817380116122010-06-04T04:06:09.737-07:002010-06-04T04:06:09.737-07:00Jon
That vid was very good, and very disturbing. ...Jon<br /><br />That vid was very good, and very disturbing. I am sure iy affected my sleep.<br /><br />It points to our futility in grasping the transcendent, our drive nevertheless to do so, and the inherent uncertainty even of the immanent noumena.Just Thinkingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-68790786833977515112010-06-03T08:27:34.921-07:002010-06-03T08:27:34.921-07:00Hello Hype, I replied just last night in the other...Hello Hype, I replied just last night in the other combox: Yes, I saw it, and it's a terrific movie. Thanks!Edward Feserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-32294551310915350632010-06-03T06:00:12.415-07:002010-06-03T06:00:12.415-07:00Session 9 yet, Doc Feser??Session 9 yet, Doc Feser??hypenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-5898431427830998202010-06-02T09:46:14.939-07:002010-06-02T09:46:14.939-07:00One thing I find fascinating (or maybe two things)...One thing I find fascinating (or maybe two things) about the TLP is how Wittgenstein frequently invokes form and matter in his analysis of meaning and structure. The form is the possibility of the structure (2.033, 2.15). There is also a lot more talk of essence than is commonly recognized.Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-63993755328592482262010-06-02T09:08:16.872-07:002010-06-02T09:08:16.872-07:00Witt on science: http://butler-harris.org/archives...Witt on science: <a href="http://butler-harris.org/archives/253" rel="nofollow">http://butler-harris.org/archives/253</a><br /><br />"When, in the 'twenties, Russell wanted to establish, or join, a 'World Organization for Peace and Freedom' or something similar, Wittgenstein rebuked him so severely, that Russell said to him: 'Well, I suppose you would rather establish a World Organization for War and Slavery', to which Wittgenstein passionately assented: 'Yes, rather that, rather that!'"Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-72323706020027233682010-06-02T08:49:47.950-07:002010-06-02T08:49:47.950-07:00In order to begin to understand, one must first &q...In order to begin to understand, one must first "feel" the mystery. It is an uncanny thing, and something very difficult to speak of--at least to those unfamiliar. Once one has experienced, one begins to understand. Anent Wittgenstein, even if one does not follow his logical symbolism, one can, by close reading, understand his meaning.<br /><br /><i>Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.</i><br /><br />Perhaps this has something to do with Lao Tzu's: <br /><br /><i>The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao.</i> <br /><br />If so, one difference is that this is where Wittgenstein ended up, but where the "old master" began.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-85829492544872790922010-06-02T08:14:21.440-07:002010-06-02T08:14:21.440-07:00I suspect you will enjoy this documentary http://w...I suspect you will enjoy this documentary http://www.openculture.com/2010/06/dangerous_knowledge.html<br />It reminded me of the thoughts your post raisedSandymounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00871848316953642107noreply@blogger.com