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Ideas of David Roochnik, by Text
[American, fl. 1990, Professor at Iowa State University.]
1990
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The Tragedy of Reason
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Intro. 12
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p.12
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1571
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'Logos' ranges from thought/reasoning, to words, to rational structures outside thought
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Intro. 15
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p.15
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1572
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In the seventeenth century the only acceptable form of logos was technical knowledge
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Intro. 17
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p.17
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1573
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The hallmark of a person with logos is that they give reasons why one opinion is superior to another
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p.106
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p.106
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1591
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Unfortunately for reason, argument can't be used to establish the value of argument
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p.108
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p.108
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1592
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Logos cannot refute the relativist, and so must admit that it too is a matter of desire (for truth and agreement)
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p.109
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p.109
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1593
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Human desire has an ordered structure, with logos at the pinnacle
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p.120
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p.120
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1595
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Philosophy aims to satisfy the chief human desire - the articulation of beauty itself
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p.124
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p.124
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1596
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Reasoning aims not at the understanding of objects, but at the desire to give beautiful speeches
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p.139
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p.139
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1598
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We prefer reason or poetry according to whether basics are intelligible or not
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p.144
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p.144
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1599
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Attempts to suspend all presuppositions are hopeless, because a common ground must be agreed for the process
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p.175
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p.175
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1603
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Logos is not unconditionally good, but good if there is another person willing to engage with it
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p.199
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p.199
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1605
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Reality can be viewed neutrally, or as an object of desire
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p.199
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p.199
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1606
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You have to be a Platonist to debate about reality, so every philosopher is a Platonist
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p.41
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p.41
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1577
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Relativism is a disease which destroys the possibility of rational debate
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p.47
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p.47
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1578
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If relativism is the correct account of human values, then rhetoric is more important than reasoning
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p.74
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p.74
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1584
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Modern science, by aiming for clarity about the external world, has abandoned rationality in the human world
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