tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post3365201790286949481..comments2024-01-25T10:07:44.888-08:00Comments on Tango Philosophy: In the face of a sunsetJuzzeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984299032968357668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post-25359120549482108582013-01-23T20:58:23.510-08:002013-01-23T20:58:23.510-08:00On secound thoughts I do have comments.
1. As you...On secound thoughts I do have comments.<br /><br />1. As you know, I study statistical inference. So you made me feel important! Yay!<br /><br />2. I was discussing this piece with a friend who's not a philosopher, and I found myself explaining the use of technical terminology like this:<br /><br />Some words in philosophy are used because they make the user sound clever.<br /><br />Some are used because they refer to important ideas that other people have written about.<br /><br />And some are used because they're so much fun to say.<br /><br />I just noticed that [Juzzeau] uses the word "antepredicative". Try saying that out loud! So much fun!Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post-12522509239282549322013-01-23T20:47:17.216-08:002013-01-23T20:47:17.216-08:00I have nothing to teach you, Grasshopper.I have nothing to teach you, Grasshopper.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post-19170688237354925212013-01-23T20:10:28.290-08:002013-01-23T20:10:28.290-08:00Jason, glad you like it, but where are the comment...Jason, glad you like it, but where are the comments, professor??Juzzeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984299032968357668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post-42188364566794471492013-01-23T20:09:59.453-08:002013-01-23T20:09:59.453-08:00Thanks Peter, that's a beautiful image of God....Thanks Peter, that's a beautiful image of God. I think you are completely right that these ideas are a way of talking about the spiritual. Or you could say that spiritual language is a more usual way of talking about these ideas. <br /><br />I think part of why this piece is not easy to understand is because it attempts to discuss (spiritual) experience using scientific and philosophical language that is not often used in this way - so the language pulls away from the ideas, a bit. But no doubt I could also be clearer - because I wrote this for academic purposes, I've left some jargon and lots of quotes in that I would normally take out for a blog piece. I might try to write something more accessible in time. <br /><br />But also, Merleau-Ponty's approach does take a while to get your head around because it is so different to the dominant understanding. It's well worth spending some time reading his work. I'm planning to read his late work, The Visible and the Invisible, soon - I think this would interest you, as well.Juzzeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984299032968357668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post-13557834841722744902013-01-23T19:11:32.940-08:002013-01-23T19:11:32.940-08:00HD :-)HD :-)Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209106877052974214.post-64084423943608679012013-01-23T03:05:51.931-08:002013-01-23T03:05:51.931-08:00Well, I'm not sure I completely understood all...Well, I'm not sure I completely understood all that (my fault not yours !) but I like your conclusion that "the sunset I experience exists not in the sky or in my head, but rather in an intimate meeting and intertwining of the two."<br /><br />In a very different context, religious studies, much of what you say about the sunset could equally be said about God. A number of times reading your essay I substituted "God" for "sunset" (even though God is not usually "seen" in quite the same way a sunset is) and it still seemed to work ...<br /><br />So for those us us who believe in God, divine reality exists not out there or in my head but in an intimate meeting and intertwining of the two ... Yes, that makes sense, and supports my attempts to help students to move away from the idea of a "view from nowhere" ... to a realisation that all truth claims are contextual. <br /><br />Something for me to read again and ponder further - thank you Justine ! Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400719971035748185noreply@blogger.com