[MD] critical thinking

[MarshaV]

Greetings X-man,


On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:34 AM, X <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> First of all, lets start with the assertion "how do I know?"

This is not an assertion; it is a question.  It was questioning your assertion that my motivations are based on selfishness.  To that I asked 'how do you know', a question.


> It implies that your arguement is based on the concept
> that knowledge is relative one opinion is as good as the next.
> More over it asserts that your own experience and therfore
> your own opinions are the only valid measure of the good
> and the true, thus inquirey can only serve to justify those 
> opinions.

I was making no argument in asking this question.  I was asking for information.


> It becomes an obstical in the act of critical self
> reflection.

It was a question; I was not having a conversation with myself.


> When you dismiss any opinion that you disagree
> with as "projection" what other alternatives are you left
> with except the ego-centric drive to affirm your own
> beliefs and point of view?

Yes, in this case since you have no possible way of knowing my motivations from my side, it is safe to suggest your comments were your projections. I did ask how you knew.  -   But now you accuse me of being ego-centric.  Instead of the negative comments, why don't you tell me how you know my motivations???  How do you KNOW my motivations.  If this is merely your opinion then it is merely your opinion, and that-is-that.  Change your opinion, or don't change your opinion.  I'm not responsible for your attachments.  


Marsha


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> david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Ron said to Marsha:
>> ... o.k. I'll put the lotion in the basket, Exactly what "first premises" do you find faulty and what are your reasons?
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>> Marsha replied:
>> ... As far as the faulty, first premises, there has been so many it's hard to recall. But most recently starting from the premise that my motivations are based on selfishness comes to mind. How do you KNOW that? Not an amiable way to initiate a discussion.
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>> dmb says:
>> The vast majority of your posts work just like this one, Marsha. As usual, you've made yourself the topic of discussion. How is that choice NOT selfish? Is the irony this denial really lost on you? It's also ironic that you should be so transparently contradictory in a thread titled "critical thinking". Oh, it's so rich.
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