[MD] The End of Philosophy

[markhsmit]

Hi John,

I think you are right.  Is it possible, however, that a trend towards a personal 
explanation of reality may negate a whole other.  There is nothing new about
the separation of mind and matter, we seem to be in a phase of negating that
separation.  When I see all explained by the theory of evolution, this sends
up a red flag because of its reductionist stance.  I know others disagree with
me on this in this forum, all the merrier.  This topic has been discussed before.

I do think, however, that from a biological point of view the intellect is
an extenuation of the emotions.

Cheers,

Willblake2
On May 9, 2009, at 2:11:23 PM, "John Carl" <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
"I think the quality personal insight is wholly separate from the
group consciousness insight. One cannot feel the other."


I read that article about the Death of Philosophy and have been thinking a
great deal about it... so pardon if I just go off on you here without much
further ado, but I'd say pretty much the opposite - isn't quality personal
insight defined by group consciousness insight?

If nobody hears your tree falling, how do you know it even exists? If
there is no external validation of a thought, then it's insanity - not
truth.

But beyond all this, there is the meaning of meaning - what we share as a
group has a consensual aspect - we must agree upon meaning in order for
meaning to live. It's fundamental to all philosophy and I don't see how the
discovery of this simple and fundamental postulate is any sort of "death" to
philosophy,

But then I'm just starting on my Royce's Philosophy of Community. What a
rich field of research you virtual community of philosophers make as a
companion volume!

John
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