Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I came to realise after many > fruitless tutorial arguments, that philosophy consists of precisely that: > arguments. I'd argue with that. (No! Just kidding.) >So after a while I realised that >people don't really learn from each other I do disagree with that, seriously. I think argument is useful: it clarifies our own positions, makes us question, makes us defend, sometimes actually makes us reconsider. People seldom "give in" during the actual argument, but I think that afterwards they may quietly modify their own positions to take into account something that impressed them in the arguments of their opponents. Often, becoming convinced is not a quick, clear thing: it is a slow, subterranean process. Of course, you might argue with that. (Man, I can't resist, can I? Once a smartass....) - --Mike