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Oh, come on.
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I'm just saying there are many different ideas at play here. Those are a couple of examples of possible meanings I took from that sentence, just off the top of my head. My implication (which maybe I should have stated) was that if I ca
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Very funny. I'd say this is he generally true in the US as well, at least in philosophy departments. In English departments a little less so.
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Just for fun, here are a few more writers I think do justice to both sides: Stanley Cavell, Bernard Williams, Charles Taylor, James Conant, Cora Diamond. After writing them down, I'm noticing they're all analytic philosophers who
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There are some extra adjectives in there, maybe, but it's really not that bad. Translation: "Maybe the self is not the unitary thing we normally consider it to be. But how can that be possible? For example, if it has multiple part
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I absolutely agree we should be talking about it. I found the line about "stinking up the place with her pork dumplings" a little over-the-top and unrealistic. I don't think I knew anyone in school who would have said somethi
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