[lit-ideas] Re: How do we build on agreement? [Was Why philosophy?]
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:17:16 +0900
For what it's worth, I have always regarded John Wager as a notable
exception to the norm.
John
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 7:58 AM, John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John McCreery wrote:
>
> > An interesting dilemma this morning. How to reply to Eric and Walter,
> > whose most recent messages are filled with sentiments with which I wholly
> > agree and find most convivial as well? I find myself reflecting on
> > conversational habits and wondering why it is so much easier to disagree
> > than to build on what someone else has said. It is, somehow, as if agreement
> > triggers a full stop--end of story--instead of presenting itself as a
> > starting point for further development.
> >
> In thinking back and looking over my "sent" folder, usually I find myself
> NOT replying to a view with a counter-view--it is THESE that seem to be
> "full stop" to me, getting nowhere. I think usually I try to add an idea to
> one already made, to move the direction that the original poster in the
> direction they were already going.
> (It just occurs to me this is "judo" email.)
>
>
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