January 23, 2007
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Philosophy Wars
Quine vs. Kierkegaard"The most prominent critic
of the modal notions is Quine.
Throughout his career, he has
argued against the use of notions
like necessity and possibility."-- Michael J. Loux,
Note 1 of Chapter 5,
"The Necessary and the Possible,"
in Metaphysics:
A Contemporary Introduction
(Routledge, second edition,
January 1, 2002)"Personality is a synthesis of
possibility and
necessity."-- Soren Kierkegaard,
The Sickness Unto Death
Related material:Plato, Pegasus,
and the Evening StarDiamonds Are Forever
Dream a Little Dream
Update of 3:45 PM:From Arts & Letters Daily
this afternoon--"Existentialism is not all gloom,
even if
Heidegger looks pretty sour
in those photos. It’s a philosophy
that
America needs now, says
the late Robert Solomon...
more ... obit"See also Jan. 2,
the date of
Solomon's death
in Switzerland,
and click on the
following symbol
from that date:
