[MD] Trust in Philosophy

[Ian Glendinning]

Matt, Marsha,

I'm not sure I understand Marsha's immediate response, but I'd like to
come back to this one Matt. (and your post about philosophy as
abstraction and knowing when to put it down.)

Trust doesn't travel by email. Without trust there is no worthwhile debate.
You and Dave (and a few others) need to be in the same room with a
pint of beer (or a poker in hand, maybe, knowing when to put the poker
down).

Ian

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:12 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> Hi Matt,
>
> If you have an instance where dmb directed such a paragraph
> to you, I would definitely mark and save it.  I'd mark it as a measure
> by which to judge his rhetoric in the future.  Measured by his own
> standards, he can hardly continue his bullying.
>
>
> Marsha
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> On Nov 29, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Matt Kundert wrote:
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>>
>> Anyone who cares about the social dynamics of philosophy,
>>
>> Marsha said to Dave:
>> As I see it I'm only asking you to say what you mean.   I'm telling you
>> that I don't know what you mean ...  and I'm asking you to say what
>> you mean in your own words.   I really don't see how the
>> reasonableness of that request can be denied. I can speak english, I
>> know the language of philosophy to some extent.  I really don't see
>> why it should be a problem for you to make your ideas clear to me.
>> You're angry because I'm asking you to say what you mean, because
>> I'm asking you to define the terms you use?  Isn't that just the most
>> basic demand placed on anyone who wishes to communicate about
>> anything?  I think so. And your apparently refusal is more than a little
>> suspicious. I mean, it's hard to believe that you're really trying.
>>
>> Matt:
>> Can I just say that if I had marked the above paragraph "DMB said to
>> Matt:" people wouldn't have thought twice?  That Dave has been
>> saying the same thing to me for years now?
>>
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