With not much time Lonnie, I'll have to say I agree a lot. I'm not sure we can get at knowledge without 'autobiography' and awareness of interests. I had trouble explaining shops shut on Sunday to my 13 year old grandson the other day. His mate claimed he could get some toy he'd saved up for cheaper in a shop near a town centre supermarket. In fact there was no such shop, but I ended-up taking them to prove this and that shops don't open on Sundays. The supposed shop was a closed shoe shop. Quite how far this empirical demonstration got into their networked world view remains unsure. I like Bacon's Idols as a start to much you've put above - but I defy anyone to find them amidst the vast tracts he produced. I think it's a mistake to take the I am thinking therefore I am route, but agree bulldung needs clearing.
On Jun 7, 4:09 am, Lonnie Clay <claylon...@comcast.net> wrote: > "My epistemological question is this - what do we know about knowing they > don't? What is our procedural epistemology - if we don't have one, are we > just smug not-quite so lackwits?" > > 7) I never read a discourse on the topic of life roles such as given below > until 2007. However, I learned quite a bit from the examples of adults > around me regarding who was content and who was happy. I concluded that > those who struggle to the top find emptiness around themselves and are > doomed to be toppled from their perches, causing a loss of self esteem if > nothing else. They are bound to wonder "What was the point of all that > effort, doesn't seem worth it now." Choose your life role carefully, and > don't be afraid to mix roles or change the mix at any time. Learn everything > relevant for fulfilling your life goal, and have fun along the way through > life. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~grharmon/master_game.html > > moloch/ cock in dunghill/ hog in trough/ no game/ householder game/ > art game/ science game/ religion game/ master game > > At the age of twelve I wanted to be a chemist or physicist. By the time I > got to college, I was a bit more savvy regarding the dangers of chemistry. > During college years I shrugged off the notion of being another Einstein and > settled upon Software Engineering. I worked eleven years after college > before getting entirely out of the rat race. It took seven years after I > lost all ambition to completely swallow my pride and get declared insane. > Now after thirteen years of insanity, with ten years to go before age 65, I > want back into the labor force, because for Social Security purposes the > last seven years determine how much money you get. I am motivated! I am > ambitious! I MIGHT even be sane, despite the evidence of the past thirteen > years... > > That's all I am going to write except for replying to questions from > somebody else. I have hogged this thread enough at three hours elapsed! > > Lonnie Courtney Clay -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
