[lit-ideas] Re: Philosophical Investigations online - correction/amplification
- From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:27:07 -0700
On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
> When Ayer demanded that Tyson stop, the boxer said: "Do you know who the
> fuck I am? I'm the heavyweight champion of the world," to which Ayer replied:
> "And I am the former Wykeham Professor of Logic. We are both pre-eminent in
> our field. I suggest that we talk about this like rational men". Ayer and
> Tyson then began to talk, while Naomi Campbell slipped out.'
If the Professor of Logic is allowed to use reason, surely logic, natural law
and possibly even some sense of justice dictate that Tyson should have been
allowed to exercise the skill of which he was master?
David Ritchie,
not boxing clever in
Portland,
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