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   On Tue, 4 Feb 2025, Don_from_AZ wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 3 Feb 2025, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> D wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> So the distinction between philosophy and science appears much more   
   >>>>> rigid to English speakers than it does to speakers of other languages,   
   >>>>> and can sometimes lead to misunderstandings. On the other hand, it can   
   >>>>> also lead to pseudo-academic bullshit masquerading as "science" (in   
   >>>>> the English sense).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Add to that the difference between analytic philosophy and incontinental   
   >>>> philosophy to further complicate matters. ;)   
   >>>   
   >>> What's urine got to do with it?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It means incontinent, but not on an island. In modern english, it is a   
   >> way to refer to continental philosophy, from the european   
   >> continent. Incontinent refers to the main characteristic of   
   >> continental philosophy which is a never ending flow of more or less   
   >> meaningless words, that are judged more like poetry, than philosophy.   
   >>   
   > Well it is Euro-pee-an after all.   
   >   
      
   Touché! Not only are you a philosopher, you are a poet as well!   
      
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