tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1434306095739892262..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: CreatorsSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-64514382802957249112011-07-12T19:16:45.683-04:002011-07-12T19:16:45.683-04:00Oxford English dictionary
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w...Oxford English dictionary<br />Webster<br />dictionary.com<br />wikipedia<br /><br />1<br /><br />"mtmoron" 0NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1372049749228559782011-07-12T19:14:02.057-04:002011-07-12T19:14:02.057-04:00Right. You don't know what those words mean. I...Right. You don't know what those words mean. I do. But I should. English is my first language.<br /><br />"quacks, charlatans and bullshit artists" --- that's analytic "philosophers" for sure.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-74054486700320632732011-07-12T18:40:45.040-04:002011-07-12T18:40:45.040-04:00I haven't answered because it is an irrelevant...I haven't answered because it is an irrelevant red herring. I actually don't identify that strongly with most analytic philosophy. I don't "identify" with physics either but I do realize that it is an important discipline and that I appreciate learning about it and I will defend it from quacks, charlatans and bullshit artists. I also don't identify with mathematics and NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35231474380717581462011-07-12T18:32:30.775-04:002011-07-12T18:32:30.775-04:00"I learned the meaning through common usage&q..."I learned the meaning through common usage"<br /><br />But you didn't.<br /><br />"as did the linguists working at the dictionaries"<br /><br />I don't know how dictionaries are written in your native language, but that's not how English dictionaries are written. If you'd only taken the trouble to read the introduction to a dictionary you'd know that and MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-56691938731418688872011-07-12T18:28:59.861-04:002011-07-12T18:28:59.861-04:00Again you may read these definitions, anyone can d...Again you may read these definitions, anyone can do that, but either you don't understand them (in the case of "anecdotal") or they have too little info for a non-native speaker to use them correctly (in the case of "belittle").<br /><br />I don't see "again" misspelled. Your problem is not typos. It's that English is not your first language. Unless you MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67887035904748358182011-07-12T18:25:15.554-04:002011-07-12T18:25:15.554-04:00"You didn't even know many of the most im..."You didn't even know many of the most important 20th century philosophers"<br /><br />Your memory is as faulty as your grammar. And again analytic "philosophers" are not philosophers so even if I didn't know "many" rather than just one David K Lewis, that would tell you nothing about how many philosophers I hadn't heard of.<br /><br />Why do you identifyMtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45980477541770994552011-07-12T18:21:44.746-04:002011-07-12T18:21:44.746-04:00Again I know more about Wittgenstein than you.Again I know more about Wittgenstein than you.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16632376741791676812011-07-12T18:13:48.127-04:002011-07-12T18:13:48.127-04:00Moron can't even spell "again" corre...Moron can't even spell "again" correctly and yet makes a big stink over other people's typos and "corrects" them on their usages of words such as "belittle". Of ocurse, everyone knows that's just a distraction and a pathetic attempt to save face.<br /><br />Again,<br /><br />'Belittle' means:<br /><br />"2.to cause to make small; dwarf"<NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-91349351446853388052011-07-12T17:06:19.235-04:002011-07-12T17:06:19.235-04:00You are seriously deficient. Wittgenstein had tram...You are seriously deficient. Wittgenstein had tramendous respect for quite a few philosophers such as Augustine, Kierkegaard, Moore, Kant and many others thereby proving that what you said:<br /><br />"More BS. Wittgenstein HATED ALL "professional philosophers" <br /><br />See Monk's biography for details. <br /><br />"He believed that "philosophy" was a mental NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-29855304947653570472011-07-12T16:59:38.964-04:002011-07-12T16:59:38.964-04:00"As a non-native speaker you cannot understan..."As a non-native speaker you cannot understand usage by reading a definition."<br /><br />That's because I didn't do that. I learned the meaning through common usage as did the linguists at the dictionary who included that definition as does all speakers of the language. The fact is is that the definition of 'belittle' is what it is. It shows that you didn't even NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-91417668958015102992011-07-12T16:55:23.435-04:002011-07-12T16:55:23.435-04:00You didn't even know many of the most importan...You didn't even know many of the most important 20th century philosophers were (despite cursory googling). Stop your bullshitting. It's not fooling all but the most naive. NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-75245677309493903252011-07-12T16:27:07.116-04:002011-07-12T16:27:07.116-04:00Actually Wittgenstein showed up at Cambridge the f...Actually Wittgenstein showed up at Cambridge the first time because he had an interest in maths and mathematical logic.<br /><br />" But he realized that engineering was not all that important "<br /><br />Seriously, how old are you?<br /><br />" He clearly has more sense than you or any other philistine who can't see the value in something so valuable."<br /><br />You MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-87913817711646078132011-07-12T16:23:41.851-04:002011-07-12T16:23:41.851-04:00They're perfectly grammatical Nick. It might t...They're perfectly grammatical Nick. It might take a native speaker to see that though. I'm not complaining, but a non-native speaker sticks out, and it is strange that one whose first language isn't English should be so devoted to twentieth century Anglophone philosophy.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46573215426626708032011-07-12T15:57:32.182-04:002011-07-12T15:57:32.182-04:00As a non-native speaker you're forgiven for us...As a non-native speaker you're forgiven for using this word incorrectly.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20517677850919305662011-07-12T15:55:15.905-04:002011-07-12T15:55:15.905-04:00Like I didn't read that. You don't get the...Like I didn't read that. You don't get the point. The bajilionth time you've humiliated yourself.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13796419623370673002011-07-12T15:42:58.246-04:002011-07-12T15:42:58.246-04:00Your responses isn't even written in coherent ...Your responses isn't even written in coherent and grammatically correct English never mind being relevant and correct and yet you complain about other people's grammar? NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71695282670839568192011-07-12T15:30:39.967-04:002011-07-12T15:30:39.967-04:00"And btw you don't know what "belitt..."And btw you don't know what "belittle" means (or "anecdotal"). Why aren't you more interested in the philosophical tradition of your own native language?"<br /><br />Again, you show your ignorance of the meaning of basic English words. 'Belittle' isn't even an SAT word. It's a word a twelve year old should know much like 'anecdotal.' NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-75213646605101174722011-07-12T15:21:01.735-04:002011-07-12T15:21:01.735-04:00"Wait both the one guy you mentioned and Witt..."Wait both the one guy you mentioned and Wittgenstein came to "philosophy" only after studying maths."<br /><br />Yes, even mathematicians sometimes come to their senses. No, W was never a math major. He did study engineering. In fact, he was a very successful engineering student after obtaining a patent for the precursor to the propeller used in modern jet engines. But he NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81018515475283542672011-07-12T15:14:27.325-04:002011-07-12T15:14:27.325-04:00You should have read his bio more carefully. He go...You should have read his bio more carefully. He got his MA and PhD in philosophy and taught in the philosophy department for 50 years. He also considered himself a philosopher and was a member of the APA (in fact, a division president at one point). <br /><br />"He earned his B.A. in mathematics and physics from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1936 and his M.A. and Ph.D. NicolasBourbakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81483998162923098362011-07-12T02:16:09.282-04:002011-07-12T02:16:09.282-04:00aagain zero times. The score is still Me 1 - You 0...aagain zero times. The score is still Me 1 - You 0.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-5473436915126740922011-07-12T01:22:10.445-04:002011-07-12T01:22:10.445-04:00What colors are those Nick?What colors are those Nick?MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-58430082563718857082011-07-12T01:20:39.142-04:002011-07-12T01:20:39.142-04:00"my dear boy...My dear boy"
Again, you&..."my dear boy...My dear boy"<br /><br />Again, you've humiliated yourself with every post though.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45416380505136168752011-07-12T01:18:08.612-04:002011-07-12T01:18:08.612-04:00"This is the bajilionth time I've made a ..."This is the bajilionth time I've made a complete ass out of you, my dear fellow."<br /><br />The bajilionth? That should be the zeroth after a bajillion attempts.MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84490968412458802532011-07-12T01:16:44.159-04:002011-07-12T01:16:44.159-04:00Again it is odd that you should identify so strong...Again it is odd that you should identify so strongly with the Anglophone "philosophy" of the last century given that English is not your native language.<br /><br />I don't hate philosophers only "philosophers".MtMorunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13713301411844869572011-07-12T01:13:16.755-04:002011-07-12T01:13:16.755-04:00Wait both the one guy you mentioned and Wittgenste...Wait both the one guy you mentioned and Wittgenstein came to "philosophy" only after studying maths.MtMorunoreply@blogger.com