watched the video, what a waste of showmanship On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:44 AM, <cblists@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I wrote: > > "My response is to remind Žižek - and others - is the reminder that what > we now call 'science' ..." > > and should have written > > "My response is to remind Žižek - and others - that what we now call > 'science' was once known as 'natural philosophy', and is 'good' only when > those 'roots' - or 'foundations' - are clearly acknowledged and (to stretch > the metaphors) regularly examined for 'disease' and 'structural defects'." > > My judgement "I don't know what to think about Žižek (which is perhaps a > polite way of avoiding saying something negative)" is not merely based on > the clip to which Phil referred us, but on viewing several videos on > various philosophical subjects that are available on YouTube. > > Chris Bruce, in > Kiel, Germany > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > -- palma, e TheKwini, KZN palma cell phone is 0762362391 *only when in Europe*: inst. J. Nicod 29 rue d'Ulm f-75005 paris france