[MD] Taking Words Seriously

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:46 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> On Sep 10, 2011, at 1:18 AM, Dan Glover wrote:
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>> Hello everyone
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>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:42 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Hi Dan,
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>>> You make some very thoughtful points.  But I think of a philosopher as someone who is curious about the nature of Reality, or at least some aspect of Reality, not necessarily someone who has an opinion about everything.  RMP was certainly a philosopher.  I think, also, of his example of William James becoming interested in the relationships between squirrel, tree and observer is an excellent example.  Getting underneath the obvious becomes an obsession.
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>> Dan:
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>> I fail to see how this comports with my original post... David widened
>> the discussion from amateur philosophy to include other artists. It
>> was my intention to expand on the difference between the professional
>> vs the amateur in any artistic endeavor, including, though not
>> necessarily limited to, philosophy. I'm unsure if I made any good
>> points though I will take your word for it.
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>> Thank you,
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>> Dan
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> Dan,
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> My alternative view is that the differentiation between professional and
> amateur philosopher is just so much cultural clap-trap.

That's fine... then we have nothing to discuss.

Dan