Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Philosophical terms as understood by nonphilosophers

This is great

6 comments:

B. Prokop said...

Too bad he didn't include an entry for "natural philosophy" (a.k.a., "science").

By the way, you guys probably all knew this long ago, but I just learned that the term "scientist" was coined by one William Whewell, devout Christian, professor of "Moral Theology and Casuistical Divinity" at Cambridge University, theologian, and writer of sermons.

jdhuey said...

Can we really trust anything that is written on an orange background? (Or is that Burnt Umber?)

Ilíon said...

I've managed to get one of my co-workers to notice himself, and thus catch himself from, incorrectly using the term "begging the question"

B. Prokop said...

Ah, but all meaning is purely subjective, so what your co-worker felt in his perception of the term was correct for him! How dare you presume there is an objectively correct usage of "begging the question"?

Ilíon said...

"Ah, but all meaning is purely subjective, so ... How dare you presume ..."

Ah, but "truth" and "falsehood" ... and "meaning" ... are all post-modernist "narrative", anyway! My will-to-pow ... er, my "narrative" proved stronger that his, that's all.

Ilíon said...

This is as good a place as any to link to this -- something Son-of-Confusion should take to heart