From: x@x.org   
      
   On 5/6/25 12:32, Ed Cryer wrote:   
   > Is it philosophy to debate whether Canada should become a state of USA?   
   > Is it philosophy to debate Israel's campaigns against its neighbours?   
   > Is it philosophy to debate whether global warming is true or not?   
   > I say no to all of those.   
   >   
   > Ever since René Descartes revived philosophical enquiry in the 17th   
   > century, it's been about the limits of reason; what is reason, where   
   > does it lead, why do we have it?   
   >   
   > Some major philosophers since then.   
   > John Locke - empiricism.   
   > George Berkeley - idealism.   
   > David Hume.   
   > Immanuel Kant.   
   > Ludwig Wittgenstein.   
   >   
   > Ed   
      
   Hmm.   
      
   I guess Wittgenstein said something about the   
   analysis of language?   
      
   I know he did not invent all of those symbols,   
   and are 'word problems' valid math?   
      
   Is 'math' a type of language?   
      
   Did Wittgenstein destroy modern philosophical enquiry?   
      
   I am thinking maybe no.  Are there any out there   
   who would argue maybe yes?   
      
   We have now entered another dark age of philosophy   
   ushered in by Wittgenstein?  What does the math say?   
   Can you calculate that with a slide rule?   
      
   Is language utterly divorced from reason?  Is it   
   a type of reason?  Is it the only type of reason?   
      
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