Posted by Damos on March 2, 2005, at 20:28:50
In reply to Re: People often think that..., posted by alexandra_k on March 1, 2005, at 21:45:40
> ... philosophy is hopeless because you just argue round and round in circles all the time... that no clear answer emerges... but they do... quite often... it is just that oftentimes we don't like what they say... that is why socrates was forced to drink hemlock... philosophers typically aren't popular people... but then many philosophers devote their lives to justifications imo... i don't want to do that... i don't want to ever do that... it isn't that i believe i am always right... but i do think that in this case there is a very clear rational answer... and for all those with allergies etc i don't know... i guess it is about doing what one can... hell, it is always a matter of that...
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> thanks for listening.Enter professor emeritus David Bohm (physicist and philosopher). Finally I found some links that you might find interesting. I had an all to short correspondence with Donald Factor one of the co-authors of Dialogue - A Proposal and I think he would have loved what you do here, encouraged you to keep going and probably joined in.
A short quote from Dialogue - A Proposal:
"The spirit of Dialogue is one of free play, a sort of collective dance of the mind that, nevertheless, has immense power and reveals coherent purpose. Once begun it becomes a continuing adventure that can open the way to significant and creative change."
Dialogue - A Proposal
http://www.infed.org/archives/e-texts/bohm_dialogue.htmDavid Bohm on Meaning, Purpose & Exploration in Dialogue
http://www.muc.de/~heuvel/dialogue/dialogue_exploration.htmlThe Flow of Meaning
http://www.muc.de/~heuvel/papers/flow_of_meaning.htmlLifework of David Bohm
http://www.vision.net.au/~apaterson/science/david_bohm.htmDon't worry I'm pretty confident you'll never be one of 'those' philosophers.
Damos :-)
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