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Colloquial use of philosophical terms

Mr. DarcyMr. Darcy
edited 2012-06-21 14:04:46 in Talk
<Aristotle> God is an insensible idea.

<Richard Dawkins> God is an insensible idea.

Explain the difference between these two statements.

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  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Aristotle said it in Greek.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    DAWKINS HAS NO TELOS.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    1
    : incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: as a : unconscious <knocked insensible by a sudden blow> b : lacking sensory perception or ability to react <insensible to pain> c : lacking emotional response : apathetic
    2
    : not perceived by the senses <insensible perspiration>


    Erm...


    Aristotle was referring to god's congenital analgesia while dawkins was saying god is kinda like "Meh, whatever"?
  • LeighSabioLeighSabio
    Also, materialistic. Colloquial use: Wants her boyfriend to buy her diamonds. Philosophical use: Believes her boyfriend's mind is reducible to a bunch of neurons.
  • SpaceySpacey
    i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind

    aristotle: you can't sense god

    richard dawkins: god doesn't make sense


    yay, i'm philosophy

  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    Look up, Look down your god is now diamonds.
  • Obā-sanObā-san
    edited 2012-06-21 14:23:59

    Well, if you're using a different definition of the same word you're not using the same term.


    Like when I say something was done in bad faith, I'm not saying that it was done do to societal pressures and is inauthentic.


    Take that Sartre.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    ^ ^ Here, lemme do my philosopher impression.



    (*Ahem*)



    Hello, reader, look at your world-view, now back to mine, now back at
    your world-view,
    now back to mine. Sadly, it isn’t mine, but if you read this overly
    didactic tome, it could be similar to mine. Look down, back up, where
    are you? You’re now fast asleep. What’s that word, back at me. I have
    redefined it in an arbitrary manner. Look again, I'm once again
    expounding on the point I made 10 pages ago. Anything is possible when
    you have a degree that can't get you a decent job. I’m on a horse.





    :P
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    But what does the horse mean?
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Sometimes a horse is just a horse mon frere.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Horseness is the whatness of allhorse.

    "Idealism" is another one bound to confuse folks
  • Mr. DarcyMr. Darcy
    "It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
    Fatherhood is the whatness of the Allfather.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    whatness
    I <3 technical terminology.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    That's nothing. The word transcendental has  three different uses for philosophers, mathematicians, and laypeople.
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