[lit-ideas] Re: "The Philosophical Anthropologist"
- From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:44:30 +0700
John McCreery wrote:
"A philosopher might, of course, argue for a general principle
distinct from these mundane considerations"
And there are plenty of philosophers who prefer to deal primarily with
generalities or concepts. But as Kant pointed out, the further one
moves away from experience, the less knowledge and understanding one
has. The trick is to think philosophically about what is given to us
in experience.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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