tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post7308431915419807738..comments2024-03-28T21:43:44.433-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: Happy Anniversary, BillEdward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-19217162404231716982011-05-08T20:08:19.508-07:002011-05-08T20:08:19.508-07:00Anon:
Yes, I should say that philosophy of langua...Anon:<br /><br />Yes, I should say that philosophy of language is <a href="http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2011/04/god-and-allah-same-god.html" rel="nofollow">very important for a theist indeed</a>. Plus, it's just fascinating! What possible reason would the theist or Thomist have for thinking otherwise?<br /><br />It relates to everyday life in that it distracts us from the pettiness thereof and guides us to a contemplation of philosophical truth.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297966783686086577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-60721476068227339672011-05-08T16:06:35.395-07:002011-05-08T16:06:35.395-07:00Sort of off topic:
I noticed Dr. Vallicella discu...Sort of off topic:<br /><br />I noticed Dr. Vallicella discussing philosophy of language on his blog, and it got me wondering:<br /><br />To a theist, particularly a Thomist, is it important to be well-versed in philosophy of language? It's obviously popular in Anglo-American analytical circles, but is it a subject worth studying? If so, what is the relevance of it to, say, theistic philosophical systems, everyday life, etc.?<br /><br />Hopefully one of the more philosophically knowledgeable blokes around here can answer this for me. As of right now, being the rube that I am, I cannot shake the impression that philosophy of language is just a lot of time-wasting fluff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-58649361686898942372011-05-08T14:37:23.177-07:002011-05-08T14:37:23.177-07:00"As I’ve said before, I have long regarded Bi..."As I’ve said before, I have long regarded Bill as something like the Platonic Form of a philosophy blogger."<br /><br />I don't know Dr. Vallicella personally, but reading his blog daily for over a year now has led me to regard him as something like the Platonic form of a philosopher (which may not, as I think about it, be very different from what you were saying)!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07391290689608586968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-9013902155074368652011-05-08T08:38:51.749-07:002011-05-08T08:38:51.749-07:00$5 we don't see Illion on here saying "Co...$5 we don't see Illion on here saying "Congrats" to Bill.<br />BTW, I'm a Bill fan.TimJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-69886838093179344442011-05-06T11:24:55.321-07:002011-05-06T11:24:55.321-07:00Dr. Vallicella is awesome. Congrats.Dr. Vallicella is awesome. Congrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-86453480349650112662011-05-05T08:36:59.509-07:002011-05-05T08:36:59.509-07:00Congrats Bill!
I've been lurking at your blog...Congrats Bill!<br /><br />I've been lurking at your blog for many years now.<br />One of the first philosophy blogs I started reading regularly.Billy Blue Bootsnoreply@blogger.com