Collin, That's a fantastic observation.
I would go further and state that mankind has benefited greatly in Aristolelian eras. Cheers, Gautam On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Modern philosophy, since the Enlightenment, has been based on Kant's > view of reality, with one of the first being that certain valuations > transcend existence and exist in principle apart from all else. 1+1 will > always yield 2, no matter what. For Kant, basic arithmetic/mathematics was > foundational and all else built on this principle. But unfortunately Kant > couldn't bring these principles to reality. It was all theory. (In "Star > Trek" the Vulcan principle of "pure logic" is akin to this.) > Hegel brought these principles to practical implementation. > His view concluded that the higher values were those that brought > about a better (more pleasant/more stable) human existence. > The unfortunate result is that we've not reached any > concensus on the implementation of these principles. The result > has been widely varying views as to what can and should be > sacrificed to obtain this level of human existence. > That's the fundamental weakness of Kant's arguments -- it's > not specific enough to implement. It's a system that's so > open-ended that any derived system, consistent within itself, can > meet his criteria. So from Kant and Hegel we got Hitler, Marx > and Nietzsche. And humanity has suffered greatly. So much for > pure logic. > > Collin > KC8TKA > http://www.brendemuehl.net > >
