[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>:

> 
> Peter replied to Platt:
> It seems completely inane to me to say that intellect has no role in determining
> what is good.
> 
> After Platt said:
> "What is the role of intellect in determining what is good?" My answer: "None."
> 
> dmb says:
> There is a reason it seems inane. What if we're trying to determine the goodness
> of something intellectual, something like a philosophy? Wouldn't intellect play a
> role there? A purely rational assessment isn't really possible and we shouldn't
> try even if it were. There's always has to be more than just cold logic going on,
> but to say that intellect plays no role is just silly. I think this position is a
> reflection of Platt's right-wing anti-intellectualism rather than the MOQ.

Hang on to your hats, folks. Here we go with the personal attacks. 




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