[lit-ideas] Re: The meaning of life

Eric Dean wrote:

"Could you elaborate a bit?  I read the passage you quote from
Habermas as a more nuanced version of what Eric Yost was saying.  Is
that how you read it or am I missing something?  When you wrote "...a
more nuanced account from Habermas..." I was expecting the passage you
quoted to be affirming/elaborating Walter's position."

The passage both affirms and elaborates Walter's position, as he
confirms himself.  What I hoped, by providing the quote, was to show
that transcendental arguments need not necessarily be, as Eric
claimed, a "sly power grab, the looming, the looking down upon, the
lording it over."  Instead, they are very much grounded in and
dependent on human life.

Eric:

"Also, I don't understand "...here he is in accord with the Master" --
who's the Master you're referring to, Kant?"

Yes, I was referring to Kant.


Sincerely,

Phil Enns
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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