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Old 08-27-2009, 07:48 PM   #37 (permalink)
Inuzuka Skysword
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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent View Post
I don't understand how you could read that essay and get that out of it. He only 'attacks' logical positivism insofar as he points out its fundamental limit, that it doesn't give us a complete, profound understanding of reality. He actually affirms its usefulness. Quite ironically, logical positivism had nothing to do with the seven wonders of the world (hello, it's a 20th century movement), in fact, most of them were the result of religious inspiration (for instance, the Egyptian pharaohs were considered divine incarnations, similar to what Alan Watts believes). Mathematics was probably involved as well, but Plato would consider that a form of divine inspiration as well.

In a sense though, you're right, since he does refer to 'it' as no-thing.
I understand he points out the limits of it and the fact that it is destroying itself. However, what is his view on epistemology and what will it give us?
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