[Wittrs] Thanks to the Wittgenstein Workshop!
- From: Sean Wilson <whoooo26505@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:55:31 -0700 (PDT)
Silver Bronzo, coordinator for the Wittgenstein Workshop, circulated our group
to Workshop's mailing list. Just wanted to publicly say "thanks" and
note the message on our board.
SW
----- Original Message ----
From: "bronzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <bronzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: wittgensteinworkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:00:04 AM
Subject: [Wittgensteinworkshop] Info about an online Wittgenstein group
Dear All,
I am pasting below some information about "Wittgenstein
Aftermath", a new online Wittgenstein group, coordinated by
Prof. Sean Wilson (Wright State University), in case you might
be interested.
Best,
Silver
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"WHAT IS THE GROUP?
The group is for Wittgenstein-learned or inspired people who
want to discuss ANY intellectual idea whatsoever. The premise
of the group is that people who "get Wittgenstein" make for
better intellectual discourse. Of course, we also accept those
who are just curious about Wittgenstein and want to discuss
only him. The group spends about half of its time discussing
Wittgenstein and about half discussing a range of other ideas,
mostly in philosophy. (I would like to see the discussion
branch into other fields, such as law, linguistics, and social
science. I'm looking for more participants to help).
WHAT IS THE GROUP NAME?
We call ourselves Wittgenstein's Aftermath -- or "Wittrs," for
short. Here is our webpage:
http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html ;
WHY IS THIS GROUP DIFFERENT?
Our group's infrastructure is really great. We have an email
list that gets piped into a message board. Any user who sends
a message to the list will have it automatically appear on the
board. Conversely, anyone who replies on the board will have
the message go to the list -- without double posting! Hence,
members can participate in the same discussion using either
emails or a message-board format. We also have a number of web
archives that allow one to participate from those venues as
well (see below). Finally, note that the message board allows
you to subscribe only to particular discussion topics. This
would allow you to only receive mails for those issues that
concern you.
(Here is our message board: http://seanwilson.org/forum/ )
WHO CAN BE A MEMBER OF THE GROUP?
Anyone who is inspired by, knowledgeable of, or curious about
Ludwig Wittgenstein -- and who sees Wittgenstein as a polar
star in the intellectual universe. This does not mean that one
has to agree with Wittgenstein's ideas; half-blooded
Wittgensteinians are as welcome as full-blooded. In fact, you
can reject Wittgenstein altogether. But what is key is that
you appropriately know of his ideas and find him to be an
important and substantial part of intellectual culture. So the
only people who are excluded from membership are those who
dislike Wittgenstein personally or believe his ideas foolish
and irrelevant, or who don't know anything about his ideas and
are content staying that way.
WHO WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE RECRUITED?
We would like to have more professors from various fields.
Ideally, Wittgenstein-inspired scholars doing work outside
philosophy are as welcome as those doing work inside the
field. We would also like to have people who could contribute
messages about conferences and papers, and relevant news. Good
students are of course always welcome.
HOW CAN I JOIN?
There are two ways. You can go to this page and sign up
(lower-left corner): //www.freelists.org/list/wittrs .
Or, you can register with the message board here:
http://seanwilson.org/forum/index.php?t=register&S=72f79b4325322987e49022f45d3d5ebf
. Either way, you will get you signed into the group. (NOTE:
You do not need to become a member to read Wittrs. Our
archives are public.) If you need assistance joining, email
the group owner: whoooo26505@xxxxxxxxxx
WITTRS ON THE WEB:
Our group has several public archives. You can participate
from the web if you like (after you have joined).
1. WEB VIEW: -- http://tinyurl.com/ku7ga4 ;
2. GOOGLE: -- http://groups.google.com/group/Wittrs ;
3. YAHOO: -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wittrs/ ;
4. FREELIST: --
//www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs/09-2009 ;
(To post a message from any of these services requires its own
separate registration. You create a login and a password. You
must be logged in to post. This is separate from the the
process of joining Wittrs. It's an extra step).
SEARCHING WITTRS:
Information on searching Wittrs can be found at our archive
page: http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html. ;
POSTING POLICY:
Wittrs has a posting policy. Contributions must be civil. Talk
about ideas only, not people. To see a more detailed
explanation, go here: http://ludwig.squarespace.com/dbhelp/ ;
QUALITY OF THE PARTICIPANTS:
Wittrs has a wide variety of participants. Some are scholars
in the academy. Some have even authored literary works. But
many are just students or people interested in intellectual
ideas. As a result, the quality of the messages will vary. We
suggest you get a feel for who you might want to discuss with.
Not every post needs replied to (let alone read). Wittrs is
committed to the idea that anyone should be able to post no
matter their education or title. Think of Wittrs as a store:
although many items (messages) may be offered for your
consideration, you need only concern yourself with the one(s)
good enough to capture your fancy.
Regards and Thanks!
Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq.
Assistant Professor
Wright State University
Redesigned Website: http://seanwilson.org
SSRN papers: http://ssrn.com/author=596860
Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanwilsonorg
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seanwilsonorg
New Discussion Group:
http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html";
WEB VIEW: http://tinyurl.com/ku7ga4
TODAY: http://alturl.com/whcf
3 DAYS: http://alturl.com/d9vz
1 WEEK: http://alturl.com/yeza
GOOGLE: http://groups.google.com/group/Wittrs
YAHOO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wittrs/
FREELIST: //www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs/09-2009
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