[lit-ideas] Re: The meaning of life
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:48:31 +0700
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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