Posted by Dr. Bob on September 10, 2004, at 10:19:19
In reply to Re: Virtual large groups » Dr. Bob, posted by verne on September 9, 2004, at 23:25:58
> I think Dr Bob is a pioneer when it comes to cyber civility and riding "herd" on a message board. Sort of the Wittgenstein of the Language of Civility.
Thanks! I did a search (while trying to avoid too much counter-transference :-) and found:
> Language sets everyone the same traps; it is an immense network of easily accessible wrong turnings. And so we watch one man after another walking down the same paths and we know in advance where he will branch off, where walk straight on without noticing the side turning, etc. What I have to do then is erect signposts at all the junctions where there are wrong turnings so as to help people past the danger points.
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> Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1931. "Culture and Value", translated by Peter Winch, 1980.> Such signposts are all that philosophy can offer and there is no certainty that they will be noticed or followed correctly.
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> Duncan J. Richter
> http://www.iep.utm.edu/w/wittgens.htmBob
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