tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post8138211832923847036..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: MEMOIR -- SECOND INSTALLMENTRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-45155940859525524072010-04-08T07:10:46.116-04:002010-04-08T07:10:46.116-04:00Quine was brilliant, but he was, when it came to E...Quine was brilliant, but he was, when it came to Ethics, shall we say, challenged. I think I have told the story earlier in my Memoir of his commen t about the Nazi torture chambers. Logic, of course, is trivial, insofar as it is valid. One can quite easily build a computer to reason logically. It is a good deal more difficult to build a computer to argue about ethics!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-69513116781720309992010-04-07T09:13:22.753-04:002010-04-07T09:13:22.753-04:00How odd a contrast between Quine and Sellars. I...How odd a contrast between Quine and Sellars. I've heard that Sellars was know to respond, when asked why he didn't do ethics, "It's too hard."kmosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572648156216412569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-18816027112388716432010-04-06T12:59:04.105-04:002010-04-06T12:59:04.105-04:00Great story, and a wonderful irony: Quine doesn...Great story, and a wonderful irony: Quine doesn't have to <i>argue</i> for his assertion. He just has to make it. He is Quine.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11281675773362404524noreply@blogger.com