tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835867443178741856.post2857952214589211887..comments2024-02-20T00:23:21.489-08:00Comments on Philosophy and Literature Blog: Derek Parfit -- The Final EntryJoel Kingston Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148352270339360527noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835867443178741856.post-18743937520737104482013-09-29T09:41:21.106-07:002013-09-29T09:41:21.106-07:00By the way, the last comment was not intended as a...By the way, the last comment was not intended as a criticism of Gensler's book, which was just explicating the system. I highly recommend this text.Joel Kingston Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148352270339360527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835867443178741856.post-78911531189734138712013-09-29T09:25:40.395-07:002013-09-29T09:25:40.395-07:00Another thing. If demonstrating these moral propos...Another thing. If demonstrating these moral propositions from uncontroversial axioms is not what Parfit is doing, then I don't see the point. I'll give you an example: I took a logic course that introduced a logical system called the Golden Rule Calculus(GRC) as introduced in Symbolic Logic, by Harry Gensler pg. 243. But this system, as well as the system it was based upon, ASSUMED THE VALUE OF CONSISTENCY IN MORAL ACTION, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE ASSUMED.Joel Kingston Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148352270339360527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835867443178741856.post-39795008531029657722013-09-29T09:11:28.517-07:002013-09-29T09:11:28.517-07:00I'll tell you what... When I'm done with t...I'll tell you what... When I'm done with the Philosophical Investigations I will restart with Parfit. I heard that this work was very closely argued and perhaps I just didn't have the patience. Also, I'm so convinced that NO argument can succeed in demonstrating moral proposition in vacuo that perhaps I've been narrow-minded(but I don't think so). I mean, perhaps what I think is self-evident is just my own cognitive habit.Joel Kingston Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148352270339360527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835867443178741856.post-86276493553697358712012-03-02T14:53:50.687-08:002012-03-02T14:53:50.687-08:00I'm glad to hear it. Please explain.I'm glad to hear it. Please explain.Joel Kingston Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148352270339360527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835867443178741856.post-72300785669557683382012-03-02T14:36:01.190-08:002012-03-02T14:36:01.190-08:00You REALLY just don't get it.You REALLY just don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com