tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4450831778382470899..comments2024-03-28T22:33:29.066-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: FUNERARY MUSINGSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-51861157003882000392011-11-09T12:09:06.387-05:002011-11-09T12:09:06.387-05:00Here's some etymology that was recent news to ...Here's some etymology that was recent news to me: 'cogito' comes from 'agitare, meaning 'to set in motion'. Beyond the 2nd Meditation, what modern concept of 'I think' is so indeterminately dynamic? Perhaps Spinoza's, but he enervates it by classifying it as an 'attribute'. Not Kant's orderly function 'I synthesize', even if spontaneous. Maybe, instead, his 'Willkur', or the unfettered Productive Imagination of the 3rd Critique?Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-70015520565153768482011-11-08T10:35:51.024-05:002011-11-08T10:35:51.024-05:00I actually wrote a long review essay on Howell'...I actually wrote a long review essay on Howell's book for SYNTHESE, published in 1998. I said his book was the most important contribution to Kant Scholarship since mine [hem hem], even though I completely disagree with its approach.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-56075598242282966962011-11-07T22:21:33.706-05:002011-11-07T22:21:33.706-05:00Interesting musings on the transcendental unity of...Interesting musings on the transcendental unity of apperception. It got me to thinking about Bob Howell and his appropriation of modal logic to interpret the B Deduction. Tell me, us, what is your appraisal of his efforts in this regard? What do you make of modal logic and Kripke's shtick?Andrew Lionel Blaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976034095806583387noreply@blogger.com