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  • Dialogue as a Philosophy of Philosophy
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    Rich: Ever wonder what the inventors of philosophy thought they were doing?

    Jack: (laughs) What?

    Rich: Seriously, what made Plato believe that his work was valuable? I mean, in what way did he think his writings actually corresponded to reality?
  • Defining Desires
    In his book Rationality in Action John Searle asserts, “the single most remarkable capacity of human rationality...is the capacity to create desire-independent reasons for action” (p. 168). This is a strong and somewhat daring claim, for it assumes what a majority of philosophers have long denied: that such desire-independent reasons are even possible. Searle's project throughout Rationality in Action is to rebut what he calls the “Classical Model” of practical reason—a general paradigm that inc

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