tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2357735721485560935..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Confusing Ontology with Epistemologygcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-27871704627359039272013-02-09T13:54:35.723-05:002013-02-09T13:54:35.723-05:00I know a thing about a thing or two, how I do not ...I know a thing about a thing or two, how I do not know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-75040961250191934902013-02-08T14:45:08.504-05:002013-02-08T14:45:08.504-05:00Here you go, fellows.<a href="http://gene-callahan.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-world-of-existence-outside-of.html" rel="nofollow">Here you go</a>, fellows.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-76304199967683726742013-02-07T20:22:43.813-05:002013-02-07T20:22:43.813-05:00OK, lads, I had deliberately "bracketed"...OK, lads, I had deliberately "bracketed" the question of whether Oakeshott's claim is sensible: what I wanted to show was the not the claim Stove and similar critics say idealists are making.<br /><br />However, as two of my most beloved commentators, you guys deserve an answer. It will be in a new post. But I will give a hint here: I view this problem as similar to that picture that could be a lady or could be a rabbit. If someone can't see the rabbit, there is no "argument" by which you can make them see it. But you can give them hints so that might lead them to flip around the image: and that's what I will try to do tomorrow.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-15818096810229708012013-02-07T14:49:38.546-05:002013-02-07T14:49:38.546-05:00Does he say it is self-contradictory because when ...Does he say it is self-contradictory because when you posit that there is "a world of existence outside experience", you are declaring that that real, objective world is different from the world we experience or perceive, and in so doing you are making a statement of faith that would embarrass a church lady because you cannot, by definition, have any knowledge of it?Gabe Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958214257606957422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-11172214198499908922013-02-07T14:17:47.696-05:002013-02-07T14:17:47.696-05:00I confess I find Oakeshott's statement mystify...I confess I find Oakeshott's statement mystifying. What is self-contradictory about the idea of there being a world of existence outside experience? Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04408537831149151396noreply@blogger.com