Philosophy and Monty Python
When one argues that words or sentences have meaning only in the context of other words, then you can extend that argument to include the context of the whole language - this is Semantic Holism. But taking this approach is akin to pulling the earth from under our feet, leaving us standing on nothing: anything can be true, anything can be false, in fact anything can be true or false at the same time.
Well, Monty Python understood this and made comedic hay in the sunshine of its consequences.
It is all explained beautifully here in this transcript of a lecture given to a philosophy undergrad class at Virginia Tech. Find somewhere quiet, take your time and read. There is much to learn.
Well, Monty Python understood this and made comedic hay in the sunshine of its consequences.
It is all explained beautifully here in this transcript of a lecture given to a philosophy undergrad class at Virginia Tech. Find somewhere quiet, take your time and read. There is much to learn.
posted by RoboGeek | 4:29 pm
6 Comments:
"Nothing is true, everything is permitted" [*]
... also, having peeked at the talk transcript, i think it is safe to say,
internet troll#1: O RLY?
internet troll#2: YA RLY!
internet troll#1: NO WAI!
(ad infinitum)
The words of Hassan-i-Sabbah are as insubstantial as the hashish smoke issuing from the lips of his nefarious assasins
I have seen the fnords.
Of course the trolls are hiding under the bridge that leads us from a coffee-room discussion to true philosophical reasoning.
fnord! (move along ppl, nothing to see here)
You write very well.
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