jalexander05 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What is the point of Transcendentalism? I'm not trying to be rude but I'm curious. It seems like Transcendentalists try to view the world and themselves through a prism that isn't tainted at all by their own humanity. Noble, but this is impossible of course, so you end up second guessing yourself at every step of the way. To me it seems futile. Am I wrong?

tuleo554 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

a very inetersting chat, I'm writing an essay on how Kant's antinomies provide sufficient proof for transcendental idealism. If you would like to chat about this with me message me. It could be very interesting, u seem to have a flair for philosophy. Ur reflections on language remind me of Heidegger and Derrida both of whome i find riveting. Dont be a stranger, hit me up

StevenErnest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That's good urban poetry! Actually, the old comedy skit by Abbott & Costello, "Who's On First?" is kind of PoMo Existentialism. ^_^

Entropy56 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Made that one up myself years ago. Is my best contribution to urban poetry. And about as philosophical as I get these days. I like to watch others try to pin the tail on the philosophical donkey (blindfolded, of course) for entertainment only.

StevenErnest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

One, the can itself.

Entropy56 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How many cans can a can-can can if a can-can can can cans.

wogsland (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The scientific axiom "If a theory disagrees with experiment then it is wrong." can act on itself in a Goedelian manner. That is, experimentation itself can establish weather or not this is a good axiom - which is how humanity discovered it in the first place. So many philosophers forget that marriage of reasoning and experiment is what lifted us into the renaissance. The two are like the ying and yang of knowledge, one always disproving or explaining the other.

JohnnyCreepy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

why isn't the first metaphysics, Paraminedes "The One"

rjbonacolta (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well I would argue that the very concept of value is itself not naturally occurring, but rather was artificially imposed and then over time became naturalized (if you'll pardon the redundancy). As for the feasibility bit I seem to have misread your comment, but I would say that this concept follows a similar pattern. Both concepts change constantly, so in answer to your question feasible things are those things we naturalize as such, same for value.

azrienoch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hmmmm... talk about that. What valuations have we falsified? And what do you mean by feasibility? What sorts of things are feasible?