[Wittrs] Re: Why Make a Discussion Group Wittgenstein-Tested?
- From: "jrstern" <jrstern@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:46:31 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sean Wilson <whoooo26505@...> wrote:
>
> ... oopsie daisy. We need to reverse former and latter here.
>
> "Keep in mind that I describe not post-modernism, but
> post-Wittgensteinianism. The difference is that the former TRANSCENDS the
> hard ways of knowing (logic, fact), while the latter merely rebels against
> it. The former is never irrational; it merely changes what rationality is in
> a sophisticated mind."
Um, ... your oopsie daisy leaves me confused. Didn't you just repeat the
putative error? When issuing an editorial correction, best practice is to
print it as it should be. I suppose you mean pomo rebels irrationally, and
powi ... does something better.
T'is all a bit rich for my poor sensibilities.
So, let me ask a functional question. Say that in your Wittrs group you want
only those who want to see and say things in that Wittgenstein way. Well and
good. But my question is about those Others. It's been over fifty years since
LW shuffled off this mortal coil, and I believe there have been a number of
later philosophers, and some web surfers or other seekers of wisdom happen
across the Wittrs group and see something that strikes them as interesting.
Most online groups have 10x more lurkers than contributors, this group already
has far more members listed than contributors in an average week. So, with all
of this transcending and stuff, what kind of traces of Wittgenstein might some
of these Other people have seen in the world, especially in other philosophers,
but without even knowing the source, that might lead them in a Wittrs sort of
direction?
Josh
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