I Am a Logicist

Long live Logic.

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[WJValente]

I guess I am an "intuition-ist" or a "intuitive-ist" because I rely primary on my instincts for evaluating situations with logic being a secondary function. I don't know how I know what I know, but when I know, I know I know.

[TheLogicJunkie]

Then I think you'd be very interested in Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Blink", if you haven't read it already...

[abbesieyes]

Interesting attempted linkage of philosophical 'isms' to behavioral 'isms', but quite invalid.

Behavioral 'isms' tend to occur in reality, whereas very few philosophical 'isms' do. Few are the valid philosophers in the ancient Greek mold (ie those who used geometric/mathematical proofs to underscore their philosophy).

Religion is not thought. It is the antithesis of said...it is mere pronouncement, like Canon Law. Explicitly not the Godhead.

[TheLogicJunkie]

So philosophical "isms" like communism do not occur in reality? Nepotism is a philosophy -- so you don't see that in reality? You don't see eugenicism in reality? Racism?

These are all philosophies. And they also translate completely into what is done in reality. Why you now introduce the subdividing of "ism's" into "behavioral" and "philosophical" glitches me up, because all philosophies ultimately translate into some kind of behavior at the bottom line.

[erinyahellenica]

@TheLogicJunkie

Atheism is not a philosophy. An atheist is one who accepts and supports the idea that god (or gods) does not exist.

[TheLogicJunkie]

That's a philosophy.

[erinyahellenica]

@TheLogicJunkie

But -in general- this anything does not have to be a philosophy. There is the word Hellen-ismos, and it is not a philosophy. The word appeared for the first time in the Old Testament and it refers to Jewish people who liked more the Hellenic style (religion, way of life,...). The Hellenic way of life/style/values/philosophies­/religion/... is not a certain philosophy.

[erinyahellenica]

@TheLogicJunkie

You need a Greek to speak here, because "-ism" is the Greek (Hellenic) "-ismos" and a Greek understands it better. Words ending in -ismos do not represent philosophies, not the way you mean it here. "Anything-ismos" means the tendency to become follower of this "Anything", trying to look like it, go with it... If this "Anything" is a philosophy then, as an "Anything-ist", you are Anything's follower, and this is called "Anything-ismos".

[ramindsr]

The Virtue of Selfishness

[abbesieyes]

@TheLogicJunkie Communism...a euphamism for Divine Right, just like Fascism. Both have the same Roman parent. 'Nepotism, an informal form of nobless oblige. You will find most theological and political -isms are invalidities. Racism is a nothingness...it is simply a euphamism for base ignorance and the outcomes of base ignorance.

Most of the so called 'political philosophies' are not philosophy at all, by the old standard.

[abbesieyes]

@TheLogicJunkie And what of prima facie evidence? Said is based on cognition alone and is quite valid.

It is interesting that you want to make pronouncements on what Rand meant or stated, and then wish to escape all discussion on the merits of your opinion via open discourse...assuming all said wil be 'tar-baby debate'. Rather convenient for you, wouldn't you say?