philosophic

I found the game made me think in a vaguely philosophic way, like... what is this?

In the philosophic sense, no! In the we live in the real world sense, absolutely.

Did you expect the article to say: "We don't want money on philosophic grounds"? Of course it's an article about why $revenue - $cost is the wrong metric.

Basically it's his personal philosophic musings, and it felt a bit too "Deepak Chopra" to me.

People appear to have very strong beliefs about how the universe works and how economics works that are grounded in philosophic principles of fairness. Phrases like: > This whole idea is a very naive scheme > ...

We tend to project our ideals more when we're having serious philosophic debate, defending our character, or, you know, being charged with war crimes.

This is really an age-old philosophic dispute that the mystics won decades ago. As David Hubert described it "No one shall expel us from the Paradise that Cantor has created."

It strikes me as stemming from core philosophic viewpoints that seem to be ingrained in the US psyche but absent from many other western nations. In the end, I'm very grateful that I live somewhere with socialised universal healthcare.

>that thinks that good intentions are a substitute for philosophic rigor. On the contrary, I think that scientific rigor is a good substitute for the free market when it comes to profiting from scientific advances.

My poor metaphor is we learn the notes, scales, and do our practices, but at the end of the day we're supposed to be writing songs, not waxing philosophic on music theory or who makes the best pianos. Geeks are just too prone to being "technically correct, the best kind of correct!"

The burden of proof is a philosophical concept which extends into the legal domain. In fact, it's the only sane way to process assertions made by purportedly rational actors, it's hardly limited to 'social/legal' contexts.

So basically, he dismissed philosophy as irrelevant, then happened across some obscure papers by cranks at the margins of philosophic thought, and concluded that he was right all along. Unenlightening.

> Terribly sad, maybe the next generation of feminists will be able to break out of the box they've made for themselves, and devote themselves to more general philosophic introspection. This article was written by a women about a book and recent news story about middle class women and work.

Terribly sad, maybe the next generation of feminists will be able to break out of the box they've made for themselves, and devote themselves to more general philosophic introspection.

> Terribly sad, maybe the next generation of feminists will be able to break out of the box they've made for themselves, and devote themselves to more general philosophic introspection. And maybe the next generation of people who get riled up about Aaron Swartz and Weev will spend equal effort and bluster getting riled up aggressive prosecution of kids in the Bronx.

I am interested in folks looking at social, philosophic and non-objective improvements and solutions to our big problems, particularly those of a more conservative and less progressive nature.

Milton, recalling in the Areopagitica his visit to Italy in 1638-9, wrote: "I have sat among their learned men, for that honour I had, and been counted happy to be born in such a place of philosophic freedom, as they supposed England was, while themselves did nothing but bemoan the servile condition into which learning among them was brought; . that nothing had been there written now these many years but flattery and fustian.

Is it useful for politicians or would it completely backfire, where any opposition would try to say "You are quoted as being pro-alcohol: calling it the philosophic wine" or "anti-alcohol, calling it the devil's brew" and pick the paragraph that suits their needs?

Not only does this provide a better introduction to philosophy qua philosophy, it also provides the necessary historical framework, which is essential in understanding how sciences can, and did, emerge from from the philosophic tradition. Aside from being interesting in its own right, this keeps you from making the mistake that philosophy is simply a precursor to science, and that it can be reliably judged based on how much ended up in the realm of empiricism.

Monarchy - Tyranny of the hereditary minority Oligarchy - Tyranny of the rich minority Communism, libertarianism - Tyranny of the philosophic minority Anarchy/tribalism - Tyranny of the physically strong minority

But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.