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Old 01-16-2008, 09:04 PM   #15 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by willravel
Honestly? I consider philosophy to be a form of entertainment. There's no such thing as inherent meaning. It's all subjective.
Postmodernism is dead. Prepare for the next shift in philosophy and cultural theory. Our French friends had their run, and now it's time to start making some sense of things.

If anything, you're going to have to extend the phrase "it's all subjective." It's not all subjective, actually. This is an illusion. It's only mostly subjective.

If it were all subjective, 9/11 has little meaning. Does 9/11 have significant meaning?
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