[lit-ideas] Re: Philosophical Investigations online - correction/amplification
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:08:20 +0100 (BST)
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From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
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?>
From what we know of Mike, Tyson was not seeking to box with Naomi but to do
something with her box, perhaps without her consent, so Ayer was right to
intervene. From what we know of Naomi, Ayer may have saved Tyson from an awful
hiding. Logic required this danger be averted. Both Ayer and Mike later had
religious experiences.
D
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