That was me. (I?) I wrote a short play for my philosophy class using Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig as debaters over whether the earth was flat. You may be pleased to know that I got an A+ on it! If any one is interested I could send you a copy. (Although why you would want to see my schoolwork, is beyond me.)
Heather Abbotsford, BC Where I now have to reconstruct an argument by Thursday.
Congratulations on your grade. And I'd like a copy, please -- if the chat can't/doesn't want to "support" it because of length, then privately. As for why... :)
I'm argumentative by nature, and I *like* a well-reasoned argument, whether I agree with the final "findings" or not; it's the beauty of looking at something (anything: lace problem, philosophical problem, language/thought process relationship, a twig) from more than one angle that appeals to me.
I used to play "devil's advocate" in our classroom debates in highschool just for the fun of it (drove my -- very literally-minded teacher of Polish -- *wild*. Which, naturally, added to my enjoyment <g>). So I'm very much aware that, while it's quite easy to argue a point one believes in, it's quite a different thing to try and build up a "spin" and to produce -- equally convincing -- *counter* arguments, especially if one's private beliefs are on the other side. But doing that is still easier than producing *both* sides of an argument all at once :)
So, I wanna see how you'd tackled that, especially since it seems (judging by the grade) that you've tackled it *well*... It's not the subject or the conclusions that interest me; it's the logic of the *thought process*.
----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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