... yes, I think the idea about dissing-ideas-without-showing and not mentioning the person only applies to your discussant. It surely does not apply to published philosophers. "Discussant" would be slightly broad, however. It includes all list members. So X could not say to Y that Z is a fool, where Z is a list member. Please note that the same may not apply to other lists' or their members . Inasmuch as these are dancing rules, and we are not "dancing" with them, one would leave the matter to freedom (I suppose). Regards and thanks Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq. Assistant Professor Wright State University Redesigned Website: http://seanwilson.org SSRN papers: http://ssrn.com/author=596860 Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanwilsonorg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seanwilsonorg New Discussion Group: http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html ________________________________ From: kirby urner <kirby.urner@xxxxxxxxx> To: Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 11:03:43 AM Subject: [Wittrs] Re: When is "brain talk" really dualism? (nominalism, yet again) Sean, point of order if you're listening: I put Quine I think it was on my list of suspected dweebs, which might be considered ad hominem, but the thing is, he's not on this list so I'm not doing a one-on-one illegal hand hold like in baseball or whatever it is. Is it OK to flip a bird to someone way up in the stands? .