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Hedgehog Philosopher: April 2011
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The fox knows many things; the hedgehog one big thing.' (ARCHILOCHUS). Tuesday, April 26, 2011. No regrets. My youngest daughter celebrated her 16th birthday today. I consider my parental responsibilities fully discharged. — Don't ask me if I think I was a good father. But that is something different (as moral philosophers are all-too ready to remind you). You can be sentimental and thoroughly evil. Well, it's good to be thoroughly something. Most of the people you meet are so half-baked. Per week, updat...
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Hedgehog Philosopher: March 2011
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The fox knows many things; the hedgehog one big thing.' (ARCHILOCHUS). Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Letting the cat out of the bag. I reached an important conclusion. Or maybe made a fatal admission. The 'hedgehog philosopher' is just a construction. Likewise, the philosopher-writer engaged in the process of constructing that construction. Likewise. ad infinitum. So, what then of the purported object. Of the hedgehog philosopher's inquiry the world? Feel gripped by that problem? And there is the world.
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Donald Davidson on radical interpretation
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Thursday, March 13, 2014. Donald Davidson on radical interpretation. Subject: Donald Davidson on radical interpretation. Date: 22nd November 2011 12:38. Thank you for your email of 13 November, with your essay for the University of London. BA Philosophy of Language module, in response to the question, 'What role does the radical interpreter play in Davidson's account of meaning? I)' in Guttenplan 'Mind and Language', 1975, and 'What is a Theory of Meaning? However, I do accept the point you make here, th...
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Pathways to Philosophy - Ask a Philosopher!
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Ask a Philosopher was launched in 1999 on the University of Sheffield. Web site. Since then, we have responded to thousands of questions submitted from all over the world. In 2006 Ask a Philosopher moved to philosophypathways.com. This service is offered courtesy of Pathways to Philosophy. The independent distance learning project run by the International Society for Philosophers. Go to askaphilosopher.wordpress.com. For the latest questions and answers. Some older questions are posted here. Check with p...
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Descartes' argument for the mind-body distinction
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Monday, March 24, 2014. Descartes' argument for the mind-body distinction. Subject: Descartes' argument for the mind-body distinction. Date: 8th December 2011 11:55. Thank you for your email of 4 December, with your essay for the University of London. BA Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume module, in response to the question, 'What did Descartes mean when he said that there is a real distinction between the mind and the body? I also liked your point about Descartes' claim that his esse...
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Pathways to Philosophy - Letters to my students
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Letters to My Philosophy Students. As Director of Studies of Pathways to Philosophy. I have had the privilege of being mentor to many distance learning philosophy students around the world. Since 1995, I have written thousands of letters in response to essays and course work which my students sent for review. Here is a sample from the first three years, which I hope will be of instructional value as well as casting light on the history of Pathways. The names of students have been changed. Is the chair re...
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November 2013
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Saturday, November 30, 2013. Personal identity and survival. Subject: Personal identity and survival. Date: 22nd March 2011 11:37. Thank you for your email of 9 March, with your essay for the University of London. BA Metaphysics module, in response to the question, 'Is a person's survival different from, and more important than, a person's continuing identity? What would we say about Riker? I'm pretty the only thing we could say is that both are 'Riker', both enrolled as space troopers and were assigned ...
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Pathways to Philosophy - Ask a Philosopher!
http://www.philosophypathways.com/questions/index.html
Ask a Philosopher was launched in 1999 on the University of Sheffield. Web site. Since then, we have responded to thousands of questions submitted from all over the world. In 2006 Ask a Philosopher moved to philosophypathways.com. This service is offered courtesy of Pathways to Philosophy. The independent distance learning project run by the International Society for Philosophers. Go to askaphilosopher.wordpress.com. For the latest questions and answers. Some older questions are posted here. Check with p...
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March 2014
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Monday, March 24, 2014. Descartes' argument for the mind-body distinction. Subject: Descartes' argument for the mind-body distinction. Date: 8th December 2011 11:55. Thank you for your email of 4 December, with your essay for the University of London. BA Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume module, in response to the question, 'What did Descartes mean when he said that there is a real distinction between the mind and the body? I also liked your point about Descartes' claim that his esse...
