Posted by zeugma on October 19, 2004, at 18:47:21
In reply to Re: Hypnogogic Phenomena » zeugma, posted by alexandra_k on October 18, 2004, at 23:19:22
> > wittgenstein also said 'language speaks for itself.' does this have something to do with the vacuity of the identity-sign in the Tractatus?
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> I have no idea! Whats the 'vacuity of the identity sign'? I don't mind you inserting your comments :-)
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> > random thoughts of a highly frustrated philosophy student, whose language does not seem to speak for itself.
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> I am studying philosophy too. What area do you like the best? Do you do analytic or continental or both?
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I like metaphysics the best, but I often get lost in it. I do analytic philosophy. As Quine says, it is for those those who prefer desert landscapes. But as David Armstrong (who impressed me highly in person)once said, "Quine often sticks his head in the sand like an ostrich." I have done my share of sticking my head in the sand. That's a lot of the reason I'm in my present position.
i'm too busy at the moment getting my head out of the sand to discuss the vacuity of the identity-sign, but hopefully I'll be in a condition to do so soon.
-z
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